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PrintPrep Time
2 mins
Grill Time
8 mins
Total Time
10 mins
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This fish is the most delicious fish in the seas. Bonus, it is outstanding on the grill...especially with a little smoke! Chilean sea bass is a good fish for demonstrating Close Proximity Smoking, a technique created as a means of ensuring delicate fish such as this aren't completely overpowered by harsh wood smoke on the grill.
Ingredients
Servings
1
6-8 Ounce Chilean Sea Bass Filets
1
tsp
Dried Tarragon
0.5
tbsp
Neutral Cooking Oil or Mayonnaise
2
oz
Hardwood or Fruitwood Pellets or Wood Chips
Directions
Step 1
Prep. Remove the skin from the sea bass. When cooking fish hot and fast, leaving on the skin makes it a crispy treat. But some skin is too thick to crisp, especially if it is not in contact with metal. So for this technique, the skin must go.
Step 2
Lightly salt the fish and sprinkle on the tarragon. If you wish, paint the fish with oil or mayonnaise. This helps keep it from sticking. Yes, mayonnaise. It is mostly oil and surprisingly it does not change the flavor of the fish.
Step 3
Fire up. Preheat the grill with the GrillGrates directly over hot flames or coals.
Step 4
Cook. Toss the wood into the valleys of the GrillGrates directly below where the fish will sit. It should start smoldering quickly. Place the fish directly over the smoke and close the lid. After no more than 4 minutes, flip the fish. The underside should have dark grill marks and golden color from the smoke. Cook another 4 minutes and test the internal temp. Take the fish off when the internal temp is between 125°F and 135°F.
Step 5