Herb-Roasted Fish

Chef Brian Yazzie, our chef de cuisine, is a citizen of the Navajo Nation who shares his traditions and his family’s recipes with the team. The original recipe for this dish calls for the bluehead sucker fish, a rare fish specific to the Southwest, but any small or large firm fish works nicely.

The fish is traditionally cooked in a pit filled with hot wood coals, covered with sand so that it steam-roasts. Although not nearly as dramatic, nearly similar results can b