How should I cook my fish?

[AmericanNationalist]

I've been pounding fish this year. Halibut, lingcod, rockfish, greenling. They are all white meat fish. All excellent in flavor.

Fish like the halibut and lingcod have fillets that are sometimes 3 inches thick. The rockfish and greenling are usually 1/2 inch thick.

I am a fish and chips afficienado (spelling?). So any suggestions other then that would be appreciated.

[spy v spy]

Beer batter.... can't go past it

[kittyleap]

fish pie

[Snoogins]

Originally Posted by spy v spy

Beer batter.... can't go past it

If you've not made it before AN, its just batter (flour+egg+liquid) with beer instead of water or milk. Goes very well with fish.

Use beef dripping for the frying oil too. Healthy as Strontium-90, but it does make a big difference to the taste.

I take it you've tried things like bbq on the beach, and boiling in a pan of seawater. The freshness of "pulled out the water half an hour ago" really is delicious.

Sorry for the lack of suggestions beyond Fish n Chips. Rick Stein is a very good fish cook, I recommend you get some of his books out of the library or bookstore. Taste of the Sea and Rick Stein's Seafood are especially good.

[Jakesbuds]

Use the grill, best way to eat that type of fish by far...

[ruralokie]

I didnt beleive this at first but a good friend of mine told me to marinate my fish in Sprite soda for 4-6 hrs in the fridge and it will take any fishy taste out. I tried it and it was great. I deep fried my fish in peanut oil and used cornmeal batter. It was so tender and flakey. Damn Im gonna have to go fishing now....Im hungry.....

[SmellTheGlove]

Wrap it in stars and stripes and shoot the fuck out of it GID'R'DUN

[AmericanNationalist]

Originally Posted by Snoogins

If you've not made it before AN, its just batter (flour+egg+liquid) with beer instead of water or milk. Goes very well with fish.

Use beef dripping for the frying oil too. Healthy as Strontium-90, but it does make a big difference to the taste.

I take it you've tried things like bbq on the beach, and boiling in a pan of seawater. The freshness of "pulled out the water half an hour ago" really is delicious.

Sorry for the lack of suggestions beyond Fish n Chips. Rick Stein is a very good fish cook, I recommend you get some of his books out of the library or bookstore. Taste of the Sea and Rick Stein's Seafood are especially good.

I'll have to check out who Rick Stien is.

I make fish&chips with beer batter at least once a week. I've never used milk though. But a good bitter English sty;e beer such as IPA or a porter always works best.

And I've never used seawater to cook my fish. The only time I've used seawater was to boil crab and shrimp we caught. I didnt have enough freshwater on my boat. It was good though.

[AmericanNationalist]

Originally Posted by Jakesbuds

Use the grill, best way to eat that type of fish by far...

Thats pretty vague. Do you cover it? Use any herbs? Wrap it in tinfoil?

I do salmon like that all the time. I've got about a thousand ways to cook salmon, and half of them involve grilling.

[eD]

marinate the fillets for about 2 hours. then light your grill and cook them scale side down, if you have removed all of the scales then use aluminum foil. if you choose not to marinate then while they cook paint a lil butter on them and sprinkle lemon pepper and cracked peppercorn on it.

if you have the scale side down you dont need to flip it just let it cook well and dont have a huge fire under them or any fire at all just use hot coals. If its in aluminum foil flip it over a few times and season the back as well. but its always better to leave the scales on one side.


edit, grilled fish is always good with grilled asparagus

[venusflytrap]

lol, allow me to translate for eD:

dunk fish in mayonaise, roll in white bread crumbs and fry in a butter soaked pan, enjoy that with a 2 liter of rootbeer

[spy v spy]

Originally Posted by ruralokie

I didnt beleive this at first but a good friend of mine told me to marinate my fish in Sprite soda for 4-6 hrs in the fridge and it will take any fishy taste out. I tried it and it was great. I deep fried my fish in peanut oil and used cornmeal batter. It was so tender and flakey. Damn Im gonna have to go fishing now....Im hungry.....

Damn then what would be the porpoise of eating fish in the first place.

[eD]

Originally Posted by vft

lol, allow me to translate for eD:

dunk fish in mayonaise, roll in white bread crumbs and fry in a butter soaked pan, enjoy that with a 2 liter of rootbeer

funny but no. the way of preparing and grilling the fish is sacred to my peoples. Mayonaise? lawls

[AmericanNationalist]

Actually, I do use mayo on salmon.

I first slather the fillet with a thin layer of mayo. This keeps the fish from drying out.

Then half-way through, I pour a glaze over it. It consists of honey, brown sugar, and garlic. I heat it in a small pot for a few minutes, then let it thicken in the fridge.

Also with large fish, how thick you cut the fillet makes a difference. Some of the fish I've caught lately have 3 inch thick fillets. Cutting them smaller helps them cook more consistently.

[venusflytrap]

well americannationalist, i'm afraid the way you use mayo and the way eD uses mayo, are 2 different things