Cooking advice: How do you prepare fish?

[eSDee]

I picked up a couple nice pieces of fish the other day, one Yellowtail and the other Shark. I am going to grill them up tonight, and instead of doing the usual fish taco thing I would like to make it differently. How do you prepare your fish for grilling? Thanks!

[BrewMaster]

I like to do shark with a black pepper rub. If you put some lime, soy sauce and a bit of olive oil in a dish with pepper and mint. Let it marinate for about 45 mintues-1 hour. THen take the shark out and rub it with LOTS of coarsly ground black pepper. Pan fry it in olive oil or bake it in the oven with limes on top. Yummy.

I've never made yellowtail so I can't help you there. Perhaps they have some recipies online. Good luck. Fish is so good. Don't forget a nice White Zinfindel with the fish.

[Full Monty]

Generally I like to make a lemon garlic butter sauce. Just melt a cube of butter in a saucepan, add some fresh sqeezed lemon juice, then a couple cloves of minced garlic. Put some on the fish before grilling and baste with it while it is cooking. Yummy.

[coleslaw]

Ingredients
1/3 cup (fat-free) mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato vinaigrette
1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 (6-oz.) swordfish, halibut, shark, tuna or salmon steaks



Directions
Preheat grill.

Combine mayonnaise, vinaigrette, basil and lemon juice in a small bowl; mix well. Set aside 4 teaspoons mayonnaise mixture. Brush remaining mixture on both sides of steaks. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Coat grill rack with vegetable cooking spray. Place steaks on grill 4 to 5 inches from medium-hot coals. Grill, turning once, just until fish begins to flake when tested with a fork, allowing about 6 to 8 minutes on each side.

To serve, transfer steaks to serving plates. Top steaks with reserved mayonnaise mixture.


Another recipe that is a big hit is to marinate the steaks in a mixture of lemon and orange juice, along with some crushed dillweed or rosemary. Prepare a fruit salsa of mango, pineapple, and red peppers for a nice touch!! :thumb:

[speedracer120]

Always cook with olive oil. From my experience cooking with olive oil tends to "mellow" the lingering odors of the fish after the meal. Using cheap vegetable oil just makes the odor heavier and harder to get rid of.

Just my $0.02

[coleslaw]

Vegetable oil should only be used for baking. Olive oil is best for general cooking, and peanut or canola oil is best for high-temperature cooking (e.g. stir frying).

[oblongmelon]

Originally posted by coleslaw
Vegetable oil should only be used for baking. Olive oil is best for general cooking, and peanut or canola oil is best for high-temperature cooking (e.g. stir frying).

I use olive oil for baking,frying,cooking,suntanning,EVERYTHING. It really intensifies the flavors of whatever I'm baking. You can't taste the "oily" flavor like you can some nasty cheap oils. I will NOT have any other kind of oil in my kitchen. Olive oil of choice-BERIO-classic virgin. OR if I can't get that I stick to Bertoli.
As far as the fish goes...poach it, then serve it with a nice light lemon dill sauce.

[eSDee]

Damn those all sound good. I think I am going to try two of those recipes, one for each steak. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks everyone!

[Markel]

I always like throwing some soaked wood chips (like mesquite or hickory) on the coals to give some extra flavor. The recipe that coleslaw posted sounds real good. Sometimes I've just mixed some mayo, lemon juice, and dill weed and spread it on salmon before grilling, which is along the same lines.

[welfareloser]

i always stuff with large handfulls of fresh herbs - esp basil and cilantro - before grilling.

[PuTangClan]

Originally posted by Markel
I always like throwing some soaked wood chips (like mesquite or hickory) on the coals to give some extra flavor. The recipe that coleslaw posted sounds real good. Sometimes I've just mixed some mayo, lemon juice, and dill weed and spread it on salmon before grilling, which is along the same lines.

Yeah those wood chips work really good, you get that "smoked" flavor.

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by Markel
I always like throwing some soaked wood chips (like mesquite or hickory) on the coals to give some extra flavor.

YES! That's the first thing my dad taught his son. Ah, the smokey flavor is beautiful.

[eSDee]

Incidentally does anyone know of any good recipe websites?

[Markel]

Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
Incidentally does anyone know of any good recipe websites?
http://www.allrecipes.com/default.asp has a lot. I can't say how good, though.

[K2]

Originally posted by chosenfool
steam it!

thats how i like it :) ;)