Whole30 + Keto Mahi Mahi with Chili Lime Butter
Whole30 + Keto Mahi Mahi with Chili Lime Butter Recipe + Video – a low carb 15 minute dinner! Paleo, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free, clean eating, real food.
You are going to love the compound “butter” on this mahi mahi. One of my favorite ways to bring tons of flavor to a fish dinner is to make a compound butter.
It takes less than a minute to make, keeps the fish juicy and brings so much flavor!
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Chili Lime Butter
I call this a “butter”, but it’s really made with coconut oil. If you don’t have issues with dairy, you could for sure use butter, or even ghee. But I really love the combo of the coconut oil with the lime zest and chili powder.
It melts all over the fish and makes it irresistable!
Serving
I love serving this with my cauliflower rice and some roasted asparagus.
Dinner is ready in about 15 minutes!
Watch Mahi Mahi with Chili Lime Butter Recipe Demo (2:26 minutes)
Whole30 + Keto Mahi Mahi with Chili Lime Butter
Ingredients
Chili Lime Butter:
- 1/4 cup refined coconut oil, can also use ghee or butter if you're ok with dairy!
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- zest from 2 limes
- pinch of salt
Pan Seared Mahi Mahi
- 4 6-oz wild caught Mahi Mahi fillets, thawed (any other wild caught fish will do!)
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Chili Lime Butter
- In a small bowl, combine the refined coconut oil, chili powder and lime zest.
- Stir to combine. Set aside.
Pan Seared Mahi Mahi
- Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Season the fish fillets with salt and pepper.
- Melt the coconut oil in the hot pan, then add the fish fillets.
- Cook about 6 minutes per side, until golden brown and the fish is cooked through with an internal temperature of 145ºF.
Serving
- Transfer the cooked fish to a plate and top with 1 tablespoon of the chili lime butter. Serve warm with wedges of lime. I love this with cauliflower rice and roasted asparagus!
Notes
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41 Comments on “Whole30 + Keto Mahi Mahi with Chili Lime Butter”
Great recipe. I used cod. Love this chili lime butter!!
Thank you, Karol! I am happy you liked it!
Excellent! Used ghee for the “butter” compound and coconut oil to cook the fish. My fillets were a bit thin so only cooked 3 min per side. My teenagers really enjoyed these flavors.
Thank you, Patricia! I am so happy to hear your teenagers loved this recipe too- the BEST!
The only reason I’m giving this 3 stars is because the pan frying time seems way off. I decreased the time to 5 min for the 1st side, and 4 minutes for the second side, with my 5.7-5.8 oz fillets; and, they were SO overcooked, they were too dry to swallow. We are keeping the recipe; because, the flavors are good. Suggestion: look up proper temperature for Mahi; and, cook according to temp, not suggested minutes.
Thank you so much for the suggestion about my mahi-mahi recipe. I have made it several times and always cook it 6 minutes per side. I have added to the recipe to cook to an internal temperature of 145′. I so appreciate your suggestion and apologize if it turned out too dry for you. I am glad you enjoyed the flavors though.
This fish was amazing and so easy to make.
I made this recipe the other night and it was a HUGE hit with my family! Even my little boys (6 and 3) loved it! Thank you for such a wonderful mahi mahi recipe…I dream about that butter now! :)
I’m so happy to hear that Sarah! It’s a big favorite in our house. So easy to throw together, but packed with flavor. And healthy too! Impressed your little boys are such good eaters! Hoping my baby will be when he is older. He’ll be starting solid foods in 2 months! Thanks for taking the time to let me know you like my recipe. Means so much. You made my morning!
I made this for dinner tonight and the plates were licked clean! :)) I am curious if there is any specific kind of chilli powder you use? I just used our regular Indian red chilli powder, while yours looks brownish, hence curious!
I’m so glad your family liked it! It’s one of my favorites. Such an easy way to make fish even better. The chili powder I have is by McCormicks, this one: http://amzn.to/24GmVSj
Made this for dinner – it was the bomb! Really loved the compound butter. Delish !!
Monica.
Yea! I’m so glad Monica! It’s a definitely favorite. So flavorful, and so easy. Thanks for taking the time to let me know you liked my recipe! You made my day : )
I will be using your recipe tonight. I hate the thought of frying though. Just because I would rather put something in the oven and sit.
I use to mop my kitchen floors weekly when I was full time at home. And more so when my children were crawlers. Well now they are teens and young adults and I am full time at an out of home job. I mop my kitchen floors about once a year. Recently my 24 year old got tired of looking at them and used a machine to clean them. And 2 of my teens had a water fight and flooded the kitchen. They then had to clean that up. So this year they may have been mopped 4 times lol. And the wood floors, only spot mopped with one of those modern flat mops that you spray and wipe. I haven’t fully mopped our wood floors in about 2 years and before that who knows. When my children get married and have children I know I will have to go back to mopping floors but hopefully by then I will be retired from this job and back working home.
Thank you for the recipe. I will let you know how I did.
can I use EVOO or is the coconut oil a must?
Yes! Olive oil works too! Or even butter. Coconut oil definitely isn’t a must. Hope you love it when you try it Lida!
Oh man, mopping is the WORST. I hardly ever do it either. I recently got a Hoover Floormate which has changed my life. It’s like a carpet cleaner for floors. So much better than mopping!
This fish look amazing. SOOOO perfectly cooked! Like restaurant perfect! And the chili lime butter sounds bomb!!
Hahaha – I hate you for having floors that always look clean. I swear we mop our kitchen 2x a week and it’s INSTANTLY dirty (and by we mop, I mean, Lucas mops). When I own my own house, you’re going to have to tell me what your floor is so I can get that magic floors of yours.
This mahi mahi sounds so refreshingly delicious! It’s making me super hungry!
I would never think to cook Mahi Mahi. This looks so good with asparagus and its low carb too! Also, I don’t mop. I’m a Swiffer man!