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Grilled seafood from Dave Utrata.  This dish pairs a meaty, marinated
fish with a unique grain that’s well worth finding.  Freekeh (pronounced free-kuh) is roasted
green wheat, easy to cook and adds a nice dimension.

I’m lucky to live in a college town and
have access to an ethnic grocery.  So I’m
not sure just how readily you may be able to find freekeh, roasted green
wheat.  But it’s worthwhile to find and
simple to cook.  Add enough water to keep it moist; treat it like long
cooking rice.  The marlin?  I just couldn’t pass up a couple of nice, big
steaks of the stuff last time I wanted to show my son the cool things we could
cook up.  I marinated and grilled them.

Grilled Marlin with Freekeh

Ingredients:

• ½ lb. marlin steaks per person


• 3 Tblsp teriyaki sauce


• 1 Tblsp Worcester sauce


• 1 tsp. hot Chinese-style
  mustard


• ½ tsp. lime juice

Directions:

1. Marinate the marlin steaks for
   at least 3 hours; I marinated mine for 6.


2. Get your grill HOT.  The steaks are wonderful if they are
   just seared on both sides for a total of 4-6 minutes.


3. Cook the freekeh according to
   directions on the package.  As I
   noted above, it works like long cooking rice.  I used a 4:1 water to grain ration and
   cooked for about 45 minutes.  Drain
   excess water before serving.


4. When the grilled marlin is
   ready, simply serve with enough freekeh on the side. 

I
served the marlin with pineapple wedges and added fresh chopped cilantro
to the freekeh.  The freekeh has a
wonderful smoky flavor that was perfectly complimented by the cilantro, while the
sweet juiciness of the pineapple nicely accented the marinade used on the
marlin.  Sorry for the blurriness of the
photo; I was too eager to eat to take great pictures!