What to Do with Fish?

[Gabelma]

what about a fish pie?

flake the fish or cut into small chunks, mix in white, hollandaise and cheese sauce. put mashed potatoes on top, then grated cheese and breadcrumbs.

Bake at 425F for 30 minutes, turning the dish around halfway through to make sure it's cooked evenly. Serve with whole wheat bread and butter.

-Charley

[lynclarke]

Hotdog- glad you like the sesame oil and soy- that is one of our favorites too. We had caught so many white bass this year that we are up to eating fish twice a week!!! This week we had some larger fillets so I soaked them in egg (for us egg substitue), then flour (I used oat flour because I had it), then egg again, then panko. (Japanese bread crumbs) I place them on a cookie sheet and put them back in he fridge until I am ready to cook. Drizzle with olive oil- maybe 2 tbsp for 10 - 15 fillets, put in hot 400 oven- bake about 10 minutes depending on the size of the fillets. Serve with tartar sauce or ketchup.

We bake most of our fish with whatever assortment of vegetables with have on hand. I vary the seasoning- lemon and rosemary, old bay, thyme and onion, italian salad dressing, sesame and soy, etc

My husband's all time favorite is Chinese. When I use fish in this recipe I use two different pans because the fish needs to be handled gently. I poach the fish. Then in the second pan I stir fry the vegetables, thicken the sauce, then plate the fish and top with the vegetables.

Basic sauce
1/2 C chicken stock (I use that Jamison's)
2 Tbsp sherry
1 Tbsp grated ginger
1 tsp grated garlic
2Tbsp soy sauce
2+ Tbsp sugar

mix in a covered container. Shake.

1 Tbsp corn starch with 1 T water - mix and put aside

Take about half of the sauce (or just make another cup of chicken bouillion) and pour in flat pan. Lay in fillets. Turn heat so the liquid just starts to boil. Poach fish gently until cooked through. Maybe 10 minutes/ If you have small fillets they will not take a lot of handling. I use the smallest white bass fillets for this recipe.

In second pan, sesame oil or reg cooking oil, add vegetables of choice. (Par cook any veg like carrot which would take longer), I use a lot of yellow squash, zucchini, onion, mushroom, edamame, colored peper strips, but I will also use anything else I have on hand. Quick "fry" the veggies until they wilt, add the remaining sauce, mix through , then when at a boil add the cornstartch/water mix and stir. It will only need another two minutes or so. Plate the fish with a spatula the gently place the veggies and sauce on top. Stir with rice or rice noodles.
My husband likes it really sweet- I probably use 3 Tbsp of sugar.

My husband and I are both from the East coast so we like a lot of fish. Our Midwest friends and neighbors think we are nuts!!

Almost forgot- Remember those old recipes for Impossible pies? Those work well with small fish too. When I was really poor, we make it with canned mackeral.

[cptacek]

We've caught quite a few catfish this year, and when we caught the first one, I wanted to add some pork chops to the grill because I was sure they would taste muddy. But, we put them in aluminum foil, added butter and Tony Chachere's Cajun Spice, wrapped it up and put it on the grill. In another packet, mushrooms, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, and green peppers with olive oil and Tony Chachere's. Cook this SLOWLY, as low as your grill can go. I couldn't get enough of this, and other than the butter very healthy.

[lynclarke]

Darn! Everyone is catching cafish except for us!! We have only caught maybe 5 so far this year! Anyway, I soak the catfish fillets in milk for a day + I do cut out the reddish meat before I cook them. Once I have the fillets off the fish, I poach the bones in the oven. I stick in chicken bouillion or fish stock- whatever I have on hand- add the fish skeletons and poach in the liquid covered on low heat for maybe 30-45 minutes. I let it cool then strip the meat off of the bones like you would do for a Christmas turkey. This is where I get the meat to make fish cakes. I consider fish cakes free because most people throw the fish skeletons away.

[Adambnn]

I do not really like fish very much. Maybe fried fish is acceptable. By the way, it reminds me some kind of fly fish. You know, the fish can fly a little bit above the water. There is a question till I was 10 years old, why they just evolved that they can fly? To catch insects? I never heard about any insects live above the ocean.

[howk055]

Our turkey was free...at our local supermarket they give you a free turkey if you spend over 300. dollars over a 6 week period prior to thanksgiving.