Orange Roughy Margarita

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs orange roughy fillets
• 1/3 cup tequila
• 1/3 cup triple sec
• 3/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
• 3 medium tomatoes, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 small garlic clove, minced
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons diced purple onions
• 1 -2 small jalapenos or 1 -2 small serrano chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash sugar
• 2 tablespoons lime juice

Recipe

• 1 place fish in a glass dish large enough to have a single layer of fillets.
• 2 combine tequilla, triple sec, lime juice, salt, garlic, and 2 teaspoons of oil.
• 3 pour over fish and rub all over the fillets.
• 4 cover and marinate for 1 hour at room temperature or 3 hours in the refrigerator - turning occasionally the fillets.
• 5 shortly before serving time, combine salsa ingredients in a serving bowl.
• 6 heat oiled grill to very hot.
• 7 remove fish from the marinade.
• 8 pat dry.
• 9 cook on the well oiled grill (or use fish cooking basket) for about 4 minutes per side or until fish is opaque.
• 10 meanwhile boil marinade in saucepan for about 2 minutes.
• 11 strain marinade.
• 12 spoon a little of the marinade over fish fillets on the serving plate.
• 13 serve with fresh tomato salsa.