Tips for cooking fish?

Question

If you have any great and relatively easy recipes send them my way.

Answer 1

Here is an excellent webby with recipes as well as how to prepare your particular seafood =) Have fun and enjoy!

Answer 2

My favourite is a recipe from southern Spain...
Take a good sized fish... about 5 lbs. The kind you prefer... I like a rainbow trout, or a salmon, but the spanish usually use a sea bass or a gilthead bream.
have it cleaned for you
Then bake it in the oven as follows:
Buy a 5 lb. package of coarse grain sea salt. It should look like clear gravel, cover your oven tray with a sheet of foil, then put about one third of the salt on the bottom of your oven tray, place the whole fish on top then cover completely with the rest of the salt... Sprinkle with a few drops of water, this will make the salt become more compact faster (sprinkle like our grannies used to do on clothes while ironing, before stem irons were invented!)
Place in the oven, then cook for aprox. 40 minutes at a medium temperature.The salt should form a hard shell-like crust.
Once it has hardened, the fish is done...
Remove from the oven and serve as is...You will need a very sharp strong knife to chop the salt into several large pieces and remove them all before serving the fish that is inside...
Some skin may come off with the salt, but you will find that the fish is not even salty! make sure to remove as much salt crust as possible. I usually get off about 95%...It is very impressive if you do this directly at the table just before serving. I have had people take pix of the cutting up of the crust!
I usually serve with a baked potato (taking advantage of the oven being on). And several sauces...
Tartar sauce, mayonnaise, allioli

Answer 3

Actually, this depends on what type of fish you prefer.
One of my favorites is with Salmon
Salmon, Poached in White Wine w/Orange Slices
Serves: 2

2 fillets of salmon, approximately 3/4 pound each
4 cloves of garlic, chopped fine
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 cup white cooking wine
1/2 cup water
1 orange with peel, sliced thin, approximately 7 slices
2 tbsp. margarine
2 fresh basil leaves, torn or 1 tsp. dry basil
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Pinch or two of dry dill

Before beginning, generously pour some olive oil into a baking dish or large disposable foil pan. Add the wine and water. Wash the salmon fillets, pat dry with paper towel. Set the salmon in the liquids and marinate for approximately 1 hour, turning every so often.

In large skillet, melt the margarine, sauté the onions slightly, until translucent. Add garlic and sauté for only 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add the basil, salt and pepper.

Add the skillet mixture to the liquids and salmon and baste all together. Layer the orange slices over the salmon and sprinkle a small amount of dill on top. Cover with foil. Bake in 375° oven for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Serve over rice or with side of pasta.

Note:
For the garlic, you can use less, depending on your taste buds. We use more!

Hope you enjoy as much as I do!

Answer 4

A light white fish, like cod or haddock is always best baked, in my opinion. I usually spead some butter over the top, cover it with crushed up cracker crumbs, and then some onion powder or garlic. Right before it's done in the over (400 for about 20-30 min) I toss some chopped tomatoes over the top so they get nice and soft. So good, and easy too!

Answer 5

This works with many types, but is my fave with salmon (other than a fresh whole one done on the grill). Buy a role of parchment paper. Rub the fish with a little extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, dill (or your fave spice - I like dill). Place on a decent sized (maybe 2 layers per side) piece of parchment paper. Optional - dot with butter. Wrap once, fold up sides, finish wrapping. Place on a baking sheet or in a pyrex dish, bake about 25 min. Unwrap CAREFULLY, plate up and pour juices over it. Remember - if you let it sit outside the oven, it is still cooking - fish is best if it is just cooked.

Can experiment with putting onion slices on top of fish before wrapping also be sure onion on top while cooking.

Enjoy!

Answer 6

Most people tend to boil or steam fish, by covering with foil. These methods make the fillets much too soft, in my opinion. Best way is to pan fry or grill.

My husband, a life long professional fisherman, always simply pan frys salmon fillets in olive oil (hot, hot oil). No seasoning needed on salmon!

With other fish fillets (snapper, tuna, etc.), he grills them in vegetable or canola oil, First he cuts the fillets into 2 inch cubes, sprinkles with Tempura Dipping Sauce (Kikkoman), soaks them in a clear plastic bag, for an hour or so, or overnight, or you can actually freeze the fish in it. When ready to cook, mix flour, salt & garlic salt to your own taste. (Also you can used seasoned bread crumbs). Then roll the cubes until generously coated. Fry in hot oil until crispy brown. (The reason the fish is cut into small cubes, is because the flavor then can get into the entire fillet of fish.)

Answer 7

briol the fish with lemons
beat a egg mix in fish and fry into small patties

Answer 8

Placed them all on the web:

http://www.jannekes.eu/fish/index.html

(My favo are shrimps with bacon but here you'll find recipes for tuna, salmon, eel and more. )

Greetz from the Netherlands

Answer 9

it depends on the fish
What kind of fish are you cooking?
www.salmonrecipes.net

Answer 10

when you are cooking fish put it in a bowl and spead mustard over it