Ingredients

  • 4 pounds fresh mahi mahi fillet, not portioned
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, seasoned with 1 tablespoon dried oregano, ground to powder
  • 8 eggs and 1 cup milk, beaten together
  • 1 quart panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
  • 4 Meyer lemons
  • 1/2 pound butter
  • 3 tablespoons capers
  • 1/2 bunch chopped parsley, washed, dried and chopped finely
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 pounds well washed spinach
  • 2 cups vegetable oil

Method

  • Slice the mahi very thin, on the bias, into 16 equal pieces.
  • Dip the mahi into flour, then dip into the egg, then dip the mahi into the bread crumbs.
  • Set on a plate or tray and refrigerate.
  • Remove all the skin of the lemons with a sharp knife and section out the lemons.
  • Squeeze the remaining pulp, to extract the juice, and reserve.
  • Just before starting to pan fry the mahi, place the butter and lemon juice in a small pan and melt over low to medium heat.
  • When emulsified, mix in the reserved lemon sections, capers and parsley.
  • Set aside and keep sauce warm.
  • Heat oil in a large pan until fairly hot, and saute fish in batches until nice and brown.
  • Place on a plate in a warm oven until all are cooked.
  • While the fish is cooking, warm the wilted spinach in a dab of butter and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  • Plate a mound of spinach, and place two mahi fillets on top of spinach.
  • Spoon the sauce around the bottom of the plate.