Have I mentioned how much I love summer? It’s my favorite season. Not only because of the hot temperatures, but because there is a lot of good fishing during the summer where I live on the coast of NC. Our friend recently gave me fresh wahoo he caught offshore and I made this delicious Wahoo Salad to enjoy while out on the boat last weekend.
I normally make wahoo salad with leftover grilled wahoo, but everyone wanted this salad to take on the boat this past weekend. This recipe will work with any firm white fish!
We ate it with crackers on the boat, but it’s also great on toasted bread.
When I flake the wahoo, I leave it in in somewhat big flakes, because once it’s tossed with the other ingredients, it will break into smaller flakes. I like the consistency as chunky as possible.
I am so fortunate to live in such a beautiful place with access to so much fresh local seafood!
Our boating weekend was a trip to Cape Lookout Lighthouse on Saturday….
And Shackleford Banks on Sunday. You’re pretty much guaranteed to see the wild ponies and they are absolutely breathtaking to view from a distance (I took this photograph with a zoom lens).
If you’re using leftovers to make this fish salad, 2 pounds of wahoo yielded about 7 ½ cups of flaked fish. It’s also better the next day after the flavors have had time to mingle, but of course I can’t wait and always eat it the same day, too. Enjoy!
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Wahoo Salad
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: About 2 quarts
Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh wahoo fillets (or any firm white fish)
- 1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¾ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, divided
- 1 ½ cups mayonnaise
- ½ cup chopped sweet onion
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ¾ cup dill salad cubes
- ¼ teaspoon dried dill weed
- ¾ teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray or grease well. In a small bowl, combine butter garlic powder and ½ teaspoon of the pepper. Place wahoo fillets on baking sheet and brush with butter mixture to coat well.
- Bake for 15 to 25 minutes, or until the meat closest to the center flakes easily with a fork (baking time will depend upon thickness of fillets so check regularly). Allow to cool and break fish into large flakes.
- In a large bowl, combine mayonnaise onion, celery, salad cubes, dill weed, Old Bay Seasoning, salt and the remaining ¼ teaspoon of pepper.
- Add cooled flaked fish to mayonnaise mixture and toss gently to combine. Serve with crackers, on toasted bread or on a bed of lettuce.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: wahoo salad, fish salad
what are dill salad cubes?
Hi Esdee, dill salad cubes are very similar to pickle relish and can be found in the same section of the grocery store. You can also substitute dill pickle relish for the salad cubes. I hope you enjoy the wahoo salad if you make it!
Really enjoyed this recipe.
Thanks for the sub of dill relish.
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We dry rub & smoke our wahoo before turning it into a delicious snack with crackers! Use equal parts old bay, garlic powder & paprika
This is absolutely delicious! Made it from marinated wahoo steaks we cooked. I can’t wait to make it again!
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Thanks, Jackie – Glad to hear you enjoyed it! 🙂
Delicious! I put it on tasted ciabatta bread that I toasted with garlic salt and topped it of with garden tomatoes and avocado.
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Have made this a couple of times and it is delicious. Most recently we baked wahoo out of the freezer just for this recipe.
Love that it came from a “local” as my family quite often spends day at Shackleford Banks and the lighthouse.
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Thanks so much, Richard! 🙂
Hi Amy! I made your recipe of the Whaoo Salad, I did’nt put the dill weed, or the salad cubes, AKA Diill Pickles. It was wonderful just the same.
And My Husband just raved about it.. we made sandwiches one day, and then he took some to work with him and made a salad wrap with lettuce. Thank you for such a delicious and easy recipe. kudo’s to you! Debe
Thanks so much, Deb… so happy to hear you all enjoyed it! The lettuce wrap sounds delicious with it! 🙂
Made this for a family picnic and it was a big hit. Great idea for using the leftover wahoo we grilled, thank you! We’ll be grilling wahoo just to make this salad 🙂
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Thanks so much, Olive… so happy to hear everyone enjoyed it! 🙂
Hi Amy!
I was in search of something to do with the whiting fish that was left over from Labor Day. We had a fish fry for family and friends, which turned out wonderful, but have some fish leftover and wanted to do something different with it.
Then I ran across your recipe for the Wahoo salad. It looks so delish, I’m going to try it. I do have one question, I’m not sure what you mean by dill salad cubes, unless if I’m guessing right its cubed dill pickles maybe.. Anyway, im going to make this without that this time, until i find out for sure what it is… I believe it will still taste good.. I will let you know. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Debe, thanks so much! Yes it’s dill cubed pickles… I hope you enjoy it! 🙂