George Forman Grill is not Grilling - Mahi Mahi Marinated in Coconut milk

Mahi Mahi, and I was all set to grill. I started about noon, marinated my fish, but at 5 PM, when I was ready to grill...

god's Country was soaked.

But up until the rain, here's what I did...

Pretty simple recipe, a can of Coconut milk, a 1/4 cup lime juice and some Saffron threads (earthy taste goes great in a marinade).

Let em soak,

Marinate in the fridge for 3 or 4 hours.

But by then, the rain had started, and there was no outdoor grilling today...

So what the heck, the George Forman even had grill in it's name... Must be the same as real grilling. So, I set the dials to medium,

Cooked a little bit to see what it was like,

Closed the lid and got some decent grill marks (ugly, but decent). Cooked em for about 10 minutes...

Plated em with some hash browned potatoes...

And the verdict...

I've had this very recipe several times, lots of flavor. But on the GF, some how it just lost a lot of flavor. Possibly I cooked em too long, but they were just dry and bland.

I blame the grill. But, if not the grill, I certainly have been spoiled from using all those great rubs all summer. Next time it rains, I'll just fry up some eggs.

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