Griff's Caribbean Grilled Tilapia

Back in the spring, I sent this one out in my newsletter as my recipe-ot-the-week. I got so many raves about it that I thought I ought to add it to my blog, especially since it's still grilling season. This is a recipe that is really easy to put together and is extremely healthy to boot. It's great for your summer patio party--unique with a tropical flair!

Ingredients:

4 fresh or thawed tilapia fillets (or another white fish)
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup white wine
2 tsp. McCormick® Caribbean Jerk Seasoning
1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes
1 (8 oz.) can sliced pineapple, in its own juice

Instructions:

Mix the olive oil, wine and parsley marinate the fish in the mixture for about an hour. Place the fish on hot grill (preferably a charcoal grill--and don't forget to oil the grill, or spray with some PAM®). Sprinkle fish with half of the Caribbean jerk seasoning and half of the pineapple juice from the canned pineapple. With a basting brush, brush some of the oil marinade on the pieces offish. Place the pineapple slices on grill as well. Turn fish over, sprinkle with rest of seasonings and add pineapple juice and oil marinade as on first side. Flip the pineapple slices as well--serve the fish with pineapple slices. This dish tastes great topped with Griff's Caribbean Mango Salsa (see below).

Griff's Caribbean Mango Salsa

Ingredients:

2/3 cup chopped mango
2 tbsp. fresh squeezed lime juice
2 tbsp. fresh squeezed orange juice
4 rounded tsp. jalapeno peppers (with most of the seeds and membrane removed), very finely chopped
4 rounded tsp. finely chopped red onions
2 rounded tsp. finely chopped red bell peppers (with most of seeds and membrane removed)
2 rounded tsp. finely chopped green bell peppers (with most of seeds and membrane removed)
1 tsp. dried parsley flakes
1/2 tsp. Lawry's® seasoned pepper (or black pepper)

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients well and refrigerate for an hour or more before serving.

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Griff's American Grilled Beer Burgers

Talk about a Recipe that is American through and through! Here is an all-American burger recipe I put together recently. Be extra patriotic and use an American brew for this recipe!

Ingredients:

1.5 lb. lean ground beef
1 egg, beaten
2 cloves minced garlic
1 12 oz. bottle beer
4 tsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. chili powder
4 tsp. McCormick® Grill Mates® Roasted Garlic Montreal Steak® seasoning
1 tsp. Lawry's® seasoned pepper (or black pepper)
2 tbsp. butter
1.5 cups thinly sliced sweet onion
2 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 tsp. Louisiana hot pepper sauce
1 tsp. yellow mustard
7 or 8 hamburger buns

Instructions:

The burgers:

In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the ground beef, the egg, 1 clove of minced garlic, 3 tsp. of the brown sugar, the chili powder, and two tbsp. of the beer. Make into patties (makes seven or eight small patties). On a well-oiled grill, grill the burgers, sprinkling the Montreal Steak® seasoning and the seasoned pepper on each side of burgers while grilling. Serve on toasted hamburger buns and top with beer braised onion sauce (below).

The beer-braised onion sauce:

Melt the butter in a sauce pan (avoid getting too hot). Add the onions and the remaining clove of minced garlic and sauté for 5-10 minutes. Add half of the remaining beer, and the soy sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, 1 tsp. brown sugar, and yellow mustard. Cook until the beer has been well absorbed into the onions and the onions are slightly brown. Add the rest of the beer and simmer for awhile.

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