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fish kabobs

Grilled Fish Kabobs with Tahini

Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 51 minutes

Servings

6 Servings

Ingredients

  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup lemon juice divided
  • 2 garlic cloves finely minced
  • 1 tablespoon Jamie Geller Sumac
  • ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 small shallots grated on a microplane
  • 2½ pounds firm flesh seasonal fish grouper, tuna, salmon cut into 2-inch thick pieces
  • ½ cup tahini paste
  • Garnish: chopped flat-leaf parsley sumac, schug

Instructions

Fish Kabobs:

  • Soak 1 dozen bamboo skewers in warm water.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together evoo, ¼ cup lemon juice, garlic, sumac, parsley, and shallots. 
  • Add fish to marinade, cover, and marinate for at least 30 minutes but no longer than 1 hour. (Fish do not have connective tissue and cannot be marinated longer or the fish will cure and “cook” with the acid in the marinade.)
  • Skewer fish on soaked bamboo skewers.

Tahini

  • In a medium bowl mix tahini with remaining ¼ cup lemon juice and ¼ cup water. Stir and add more water to reach desired consistency.
  • Preheat grill to medium-high. Soak an old towel in evoo and wipe down grill grates.
  • Grill fish kabobs for about 3 minutes per side.
  • Transfer grilled kabobs to a platter and drizzle with tahini. Garnish with sumac, fresh parsley, and schug.