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Every year my family takes a vacation to Hawaii around Christmas time. We love it because Hawaii offers all of the amenities of a tropical paradise and we never even have to use our passports. Although the beaches and sightseeing are great, our favorite part of the vacation is enjoying the island cuisine.
You will never have fresher Mahi Mahi than you will in Hawaii. Our favorite spot to go is a tiny restaurant on the Kona Coast of the Big Island. They catch the fish right outside the restaurant and coat it with macadamia nuts and their authentic Hawaiian seasoning. My dad jokes that it is worth the trip just to eat there one night.
While autumn is already making its chilly, foreboding presence felt across much of America, the isles of Hawaii remain as sunny and temperate as ever. Sometimes it’s nice to create a festive tropical-themed dish in order to forget about the prevailing cold weather conditions at work outside the home. Even if it’s just for the duration of a home-cooked meal, you can indulge in the unique flavors that come from half a world away.
Ingredients:
6 mahi mahi fillets
3-4 cups chicken stock
4 ounces dry breadcrumbs
2 ounces macadamia nuts
3 ounces margarine
1-2 ounces shallot, diced
4 ounces papayas
4 ounces pineapple
1-2 tablespoons shredded coconut
granulated sugar, to taste
Hawaiian sea salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Directions:
1. Blend nuts and breadcrumbs into a course mixture, and coat each side of fillets.
2. Panfry shallots until you can see through them, add chicken stock, papaya and pineapple. Add course sea salt, sugar and pepper as desired. Sauce should thicken; remove from heat after 20 minutes.
3. In second pan, melt butter over mediumheat. Panfry fish on both sides until cooked and nuts are a shade of golden brown.
4. Add liberal dollops of sauce over top of fish, add crushed coconut at the end.