Grilled Swordfish Kabobs

These easy Grilled Swordfish Kabobs are tender and delicious, bursting with lemon flavor. This dish is a great way to serve swordfish without any fuss, making it perfect for cookouts and large gatherings.

Swordfish and These Grilled Swordfish Kabobs

Swordfish is a thick, meaty fish that lends itself to being cut into cubes, making it easy to thread onto skewers, and a pleasure to grill outdoors. Before grilling, we decided to cube the swordfish, marinate them with a tangy marinade and seasonings. Then skewered them with some vegetables and lemons, making them simple, and flavorful. Delish!

This recipe for swordfish kabobs couldn’t be any easier. And, practically effortless.

How to Make Grilled Swordfish Kabobs?

For this recipe, you will need one large or two swordfish steaks. Then simply cut the swordfish steaks into 1-inch cubes, and marinate them with our simple marinade for at least one hour before grilling. Then the swordfish is threaded onto skewers with vegetables and grilled for about 5 to 10 minutes.

The Marinade

Our marinade is an easy one, and it’s made with a few ingredients such as fresh lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, chives, a splash of wine, some fresh fennel along with seasonings.

Quick Recipe Tips Before You Start

• Frozen or Fresh: With this recipe, you can use either frozen or fresh swordfish. If frozen, allow the fish to thaw completely.
• Marinate: It’s best to marinate the cubes for at least one hour before threading them onto skewers.
• Threading: When threading the skewers, always add 3 cubes of swordfish per skewer, alternating with fennel, onion, cherry tomatoes, and lemon wedges. Don’t worry, they don’t have to be perfectly matched.
• Lemons: Also, you will need at least 4 lemons. The marinade is always best if you use freshly squeezed lemon juice, rather than the bottled stuff. But if you don’t have any lemons on hand, you can use bottled lemon juice instead.
• Soaking Wooden Skewers: If you plan to use bamboo or wooden skewers, you will need to soak them in water for at least 30 minutes or more before using them.
• Gas Grill: If you are using a gas grill, it’s best to put it on “medium-low heat” when grilling these seafood kabobs. They cook up quickly. So keep an eye on them.

How Many Kabobs Do We Need?

The number of kabobs you need will determine how many swordfish steaks to prepare. This recipe yields about 9 kabobs on 12-inch skewers, providing 9 servings. So, for this recipe, here are the following ingredients needed:

Ingredients You Will Need:

• 1 or 1.5 pounds of frozen swordfish (thawed and rinsed) – cut into 1-inch cubes

For the Marinade:

• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
• 4 garlic cloves – crushed or diced
• 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbsp. white wine
• 2 dashes of cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. freshly chopped chives
• 1 cup chopped fresh fennel
• and fresh cracked black pepper to taste

Directions to Make Grilled Swordfish Kabobs:

This recipe is very easy, even for those who have never cooked or grilled before. Plus, our full recipe card is located at the bottom. But first, let’s run through our steps and show you what’s involved before you start.

1. Make the Marinade: In a small mixing bowl mix together, lemon juice, olive oil, fennel, chives, garlic, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
2. Cut the Swordfish Steaks: Cut into 1-inch cubes and toss them into the bowl with the marinade, and gently stir to combine.
3. Cover with Clear Wrap: Cover and chill for at least one hour to marinate.
4. Next, Prep the Veggies: Prepare the cherry tomatoes, lemon wedges, and onion slices in small bowls and place them nearby. When you’re ready to thread the skewers, take the swordfish cubes out of the fridge.

4. Begin to thread swordfish, onion, tomatoes, and lemon wedges onto the skewers. You may even thread pieces of the fennel alternating. Give each skewer at least 3 pieces of swordfish.
5. Place your kabobs on your outside grill or a rack over coals for 5 to 10 minutes, turning them frequently and brushing with any remaining marinade.

Helpful Tip! If your grill is very powerful, even on low heat and you’re afraid these could burn too easily. Then we like to suggest to grill them on the upper-tier rack of your outside grill (as shown in our photo above). If you don’t have one, you can grill them on a cast iron pan and place it directly on your barbecue.

6. Serve on a large platter and squeeze additional lemon juice over them. Or serve with a drizzle of our delicious and zesty authentic tzatziki sauce, for amazing flavors.

The Best Way to Serve Them

• For these grilled swordfish kabobs, we prefer to serve them with a splash of lemon juice over them and allow everyone to help themselves.
• Sometimes we serve them with our zesty tzatziki sauce drizzled over them. (It’s fantastic!)

A Delicious Seafood Kabob

Seafood kabobs are simple when served. No fuss and fun to eat. Your family and friends will enjoy these as much as we do! These are delicious every time we make them and will disappear as soon as you put them on the table.

Serve them warm or at room temperature. They are delicious!

ENJOY!!

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• Grilled Jumbo Shrimp
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Happy and Healthy Grilling!

Thanks for stopping by… anna and liz