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Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi

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October 17, 2016 By Sara 3 Comments

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This Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi is one of my favorite ways to make this delicious fish. It comes together in about 20 minutes staying nice and crisp on the outside and tender and flaky on the inside.

Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi

Mahi Mahi is one of my favorite fish to eat. I order it almost every time I’m eating out at a seafood restaurant. But eating out can get pretty expensive, so I’ve been trying to cut down costs by making this at home more.

Even though I live by the coast and can get fresh fish daily at the market, I actually choose to buy Mahi Mahi frozen. Yep. I think the frozen fish tastes just as good, and it’s usually cheaper.

I also like to wait until they go on sale, because you know me I love a good deal. 🙂

So relatively speaking this can be a very low cost ‘gourmet meal’ to make at home.

Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi

Now if you’re using frozen fish make sure you thaw it out first. Just add the Mahi Mahi (still in the wrapper) to a large bowl of cold water. Change out the water every 10 minutes until fish is thawed. This can be done in less than 30 minutes.

Then I like to create a little assembly line to make this go fast (you can do this while the fish is thawing). I get everything prepped and ready to go before I heat up my pan.

First I finely chop up some Walnuts, I use a Food Processor to make this easier. You want them to be the consistency of bread crumbs.

Add the Walnuts, Paprika, and the Gluten Free Panko (you can use regular Panko if you don’t need this to be Gluten Free) to a large plate and mix together.

Add an Egg to a small bowl and whisk.

Add your thawed Mahi Mahi (removed from wrapper) to a large plate next to the Egg and Panko plates creating an assembly line.

Dip the fish into the Egg coating all the sides well.

Then dip it into the Panko/Walnut mixture coating all the sides of the fish. Set aside until ready to cook.

Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi frying in a skillet

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.

Fill the bottom of a 9 inch Cast Iron Skillet with Grapeseed Oil. I used Grapeseed Oil because it’s made for high heat cooking. Plus it has a light nutty flavor which I think enhances the flavor of the fish a bit. And it’s high in Vitamin E, so it’s a good healthy oil.

Note: If you’re not using a cast iron skillet, make sure the skillet you use is oven proof.

Heat the skillet over med-high heat on the stovetop. Make sure the oil is nice and hot before adding the fish.

Once the oil is hot add the coated Mahi Mahi to the pan and cook 3 minutes on each side.

Then place the skillet in the oven (don’t forget to use oven mitts, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve grabbed the handle of my hot cast iron skillet and burned my poor hands).

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until fish is firm and flaky.

Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi

Remove the fish from the pan with a slotted spatula and add it to a plate of sautéed greens along with some rice.

I actually sautéed some fresh Spinach and Shallots to go along with this which was absolutely Delish!

Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi

If you try this recipe let me know what you think! Leave a comment, rate it, share it on social media, or take a picture and tag it #tastefulventure on Instagram! I LOVE seeing what you guys cook up. 🙂

Cheers!

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This Walnut Crusted Mahi Mahi is one of my favorite ways to make this delicious fish. It comes together in about 20 minutes staying nice and crisp on the outside and tender and flaky on the inside.

  • Author: Tastefulventure
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 16 mins
  • Total Time: 21 mins
  • Yield: 2 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Cuisine: Seafood, Gluten Free

Ingredients

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  • 2 6oz Mahi Mahi fillets, fresh or frozen, if frozen thaw first
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped Walnuts
  • 1/4 cup Panko I used Gluten Free
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 1 Egg
  • Grapeseed Oil, enough to fill the bottom of skillet, about 1/4 cup

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. In food processor chop Walnuts until they are the consistency of bread crumbs.
  3. Mix together Walnuts, Paprika, and Panko on a large plate.
  4. In small bowl whisk the Egg.
  5. Fill bottom of 9 inch cast iron skillet with Grapeseed Oil and heat over med-high heat.
  6. Once oil is hot, dip Mahi Mahi in Egg coating both sides.
  7. Add Mahi Mahi to Panko mixture and coat both sides.
  8. Add Mahi fillets to the hot skillet.
  9. Cook 3 minutes on each side.
  10. Place skillet in the oven for another 10 minutes until firm and flaky.
  11. Enjoy!

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  1. Mary L Hines

    May 11, 2017 at 12:48 am

    Would this recipe work for red yellowfin tuna or swordfish?

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    • Sara

      May 12, 2017 at 8:10 am

      Hey Mary, I think it would work for those fish as well. Let me know how it turns out!

      Reply
  2. Audrey Harnum

    May 29, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    Can I buy this fish in sudbury Ontario

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