Grilled Fish Steaks with Sauce Chien

Name: Grilled Fish Steaks with Sauce Chien
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Guadeloupe
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; ½ tsp fresh thyme leaves, chopped; up to ¼ cup vegetable or olive oil; up to ¼ cup vegetable or olive oil; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme; 4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme; 4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme; 4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme; 4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme; 4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme; 1 scotch bonnet pepper, de-seeded and finely chopped; oil for brushing; 2 tbsp finely chopped chives or spring onions; juice of 2 limes; 1 large onion, very finely chopped; 2 tbsp finely chopped chives or spring onions

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

In Guadeloupe, many of the meat dishes are grilled and often served with a ‘sauce chien’. This simple, traditional sauce is packed with strong flavours - Guadeloupians each have their preferred balance of ingredients so feel free to highlight any ingredients to your liking.

Ingredients

4 marlin or dolphin fillets, or other meaty fish, seasoned with salt, pepper garlic and thyme
oil for brushing

Americas
Guadeloupe
Sauce
Pescatarian
Caribbean
Gluten-free

Method

First of all make the sauce chien: combine all the ingredients except the oil. This can be done in a blender, though it looks prettier if you very finely hand-cut the vegetables, etc. and then mix in oil a little at a time and allow it to sit for 1 hour.
Wash and dry the fish fillets and season them as described. Set aside to marinate for at least 1 hour (best