How to prepare marlin steaks?
 

At the seafood department today I bought a beautiful yellowfin tuna steak and next to it was a really nice looking marlin steak, which I had never had before. I bought both.

I like my tuna medium rare on the grill with olive oil, salt and pepper. No idea how to prepare the marlin. I'm sort of a purist with meat, I like to bring out the natural flavors as opposed to drowning them with sauces and spices.

Ideas?

I will be having roasted asparagus with it.

a little olive oil in the pan- a little beer couldn't hurt
. some garlic ... salt and pepper to taste. Fry it up quick on both sides

Are they best cooked all the way through or can you eat them a little rare?

I leave mine a little pink. Not as much as when I sear tuna though. It also takes longer to cook

sea salt, crack pepper, and fresh lemon juice :)

I just had my Marlin with roasted asparagus and it was delicious. Pan fried with olive oil, lemon juice, and minced garlic. Sea salt and cracked pepper.

Thanks, now I'm hungry.

What seafood department did you get it at Sly?

Hy-Vee by the river. First time I've seen it there.

Never had marlin steak, sounds interesting.

Nice, I usually go to the one up on Dodge by Target, have to check out down by the river.

No, sounds fishy. :winkwink:

Thanks Sly, now I feel like cooking

As an avid fisherman I'll give you two good reasons not to eat Marlin.

1. Marlin contain an unusually high amount of Mercury. :(

2. They are quickly becoming extinct from commercial fishing. :(

http://www.takemarlinoffthemenu.org/...n_off_the_Menu

Oh shit yeah Mercury = bad I remember looking at that mercury list when my wife was pregnant.