healthier way to cook fish?

[bailebr3]

i love catching a mess of bluegill or rock bass and frying them up BUT i'm trying to eat better and trim down. i have alot of fish ( bluegill, crappie, rock bass, small and largemouth) in the freezer and wanna cook them up but don't know any other way...suggestions please! :)

[sromero]

man forget that just eat better during the week and back away after a few fried fish...i eat fried fish once a week...just smaller portions :)

[bailebr3]

i'm afraid i can't do that:) i am the only person in my house that eats fish!

[Matt_Potter]

Take a piece of tin foil and lay a bed of sliced onions on it lay the flays on the onions put a little bit of butter, white wine, and salt/pepper in there - seal up the tin foil and steam it.

Pretty good stuff - it meets my wifes seal of approval (she is a nurse)

Matt

[DanaC]

An old recipe I use sometimes, never tried it with panfish, usually haddock opr cod -

BAKED FISH

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Spray baking sheet or aluminum foil with vegetable oil

Rinse fish in cold water and pat dry with paper towels

Thin mayonnaise with Italian salad dressing (or water or white wine or ?)

Dip fish filets in thinned mayonnaise and then roll in seasoned bread crumbs or flour-salt-pepper-spices mix.

Place filets (skin side down) on lightly oiled sheet and bake for 12 minutes per inch thickness. Do not overcook.

Yes, you're thinking "mayonnaise?!" but it's just eggs and oil, right? So use it instead of fussing with an egg & milk mix. Simple and delicious.

[bailebr3]

both good recipes! i also just found one for the grill.....almost like your recipe danac but they add a lemon wedge to the inside of the fish and also season with a creole powder!

[bailebr3]

btw- matt, my wife is a nurse too! so you know where this is coming from:)

[Matt_Potter]

An old recipe I use sometimes, never tried it with panfish, usually haddock opr cod -

BAKED FISH

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Spray baking sheet or aluminum foil with vegetable oil

Rinse fish in cold water and pat dry with paper towels

Thin mayonnaise with Italian salad dressing (or water or white wine or ?)

Dip fish filets in thinned mayonnaise and then roll in seasoned bread crumbs or flour-salt-pepper-spices mix.

Place filets (skin side down) on lightly oiled sheet and bake for 12 minutes per inch thickness. Do not overcook.

Yes, you're thinking "mayonnaise?!" but it's just eggs and oil, right? So use it instead of fussing with an egg & milk mix. Simple and delicious.

Dana,

Looks like you have been cooking blue fish my grandmothers secret receipt for blues was the same as yours but she mixed deli mustard 50/50 with the mayo. If it can make those oily buggers taste good it will work wonders on pan fish.

Matt

[Matt_Potter]

btw- matt, my wife is a nurse too! so you know where this is coming from:)

It's worse than that Pam(my wife) is a ICU nurse working with heart patients.

Matt

[Larry Hatfield]

i got into the habit of steaming fish, pulling the bones out of a narrow slit up the back and then frying them in vegetable oil when i was in southeast asia.
steaming sets up the meat so it stays firm for the next steps and gets rid of any fat you don't want to eat. i really like it on medium sized trout because it changes the whole texture to a firmness i like.
another way we cook salmon is to stew it with fresh cut pineapple and tamerind for a few hours. it makes the meat almost hard and gets the bones so soft you can eat everything. at the end of the cooking we add curry leaf, fresh tomato chunks, thai cinnamon basil leaves, and lotus root stems.

[falconpro]

We use a glass dish in the microwave, put in some cooking sherry, add a layer or two of fish, cover with dill weed, salt pepper, and then add the next layer the same way. Microwave it on high (ours spins the dish as it cooks) for about 3 minutes, let it set for a couple of minutes, then check to see if it's flakey. If not nuke it another couple of minutes. It's fast and easy and the fish comes out nice and tasty.

[bailebr3]

good idea falconpro!