Grilled Swordfish with Barbecue Sauce Recipe

A mighty fine way to cook fresh swordfish.

• Meal Type: Entree
• Ethnicity: Other
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour

Ingredients

• 2 lb Swordfish fillets
• 1/3 c Lemon juice
• 2 ts Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 c Chopped onion
• 1 ts Sugar
• 1 Small bay leaf
• 1 c Catsup
• 1/4 c Oil
• 1 Clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 c Water
• 1/4 ts Hot pepper sauce

Directions

1. Place fish in single layer in shallow baking dish
2. Combine 1/2 cup catsup, lemon juice, oil, Worcestershire and garlic
3. Pour sauce over fish
4. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour, turning fish once
5. Remove fish, reserving sauce
6. Use half of reserved sauce for brushing fish while grilling
7. Combine remaining half of sauce with remaining catsup, onion, water, sugar, hot pepper sauce and bay leaf
8. Simmer about 20 minutes to blend flavors and thicken
9. Meanwhile, place fish on well-greased, hinged wire grills
10. (If barbecuing fish on standard grill, brush fish with oil before cooking.) Cook about 5 inches from moderately hot coals 8 minutes
11. Baste with reserved sauce
12. Turn and cook 7 to 8 minutes longer, or until fish flakes easily when tested with fork
13. Brush fish with more sauce as needed during cooking
14. To serve, spoon hot barbecue sauce over fish.