Simple Fish Recipes?

[SaintAnselm]

My girlfriend and I graduated college back in May and have been living off pasta. We would like to start eating fish at least once a week but have no idea what to buy and how to cook it. Anyone have any simple recipes or advice? We don’t have a grill so it needs to be something that can be done in the oven or on the stove.

[KWhit]

Take some tilapia, drizzle some terriyaki sauce on it and cook it in the oven for about 8 minutes on 400 or so (until it just becomes flaky).

Good stuff and about the easiest meal in the world.

[MizzouRah]

I like taking Cod/Orange Roughy - sprinkle lemon pepper on it, putting it in a glass baking dish that has been sprayed with Pam, bake on 375 until fish flakes with a fork. Should only take about 20 mins.

Todd

[sachmo71]

Rule of thumb for cooking fish...

400 degrees.
10 minute cook time per inch of thickness.


Good recipe:

Talipia
Oil
Old Bay Seasoning

Cook using the guideline above. Enjoy.

[rkmsuf]

1. Catch fish

2. Skin fish

3. Eat fish

[condors]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

1. Catch fish

2. Skin fish

3. Eat fish

red fish

blue fish

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by condors

red fish

blue fish

One fish, two fish.

[AnalBumCover]

Salmon fillet. Drizzle Yoshida brand sauce. Bake at 375 for 15 mins or until flakey.

Salmon fillet. Salt/Pepper. Rub with rosemary. Bake at 375 for 15 mins or until flakey.

[albionmoonlight]

The fresher the better.

And if it is fresh, you don't need to do much to it. Note how simple all of the above recipies are.

Salmon glazed with a brownsugar/water glaze and baked at 400 wrapped in foil is nice.

So is Salmon glazed with butter and dill weed and baked at 400 wrapped in foil.

White fish with olive oil and salt, pepper, and [fill in the spice you want to try] is also good, baked at 400.

[MizzouRah]

Salmon is good like this:

spread some grey poupon on top, cover that with bread crumbs, then bake.

People always want to know how I make that dish.. .simple as can be.


Todd

[Ben E Lou]

Salmon and tilapia are both great sources of essential fatty acids. I cook a salmon filet in the oven as follows:

1. sprinkle with (in this order of application) lemon juice, kosher salt, Old Bay seasoning, minced garlic.
2. Cook at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. (I prefer to cook more slowly. Seems to keep it more moist that way.)

[Breeze]

Here is my favorite. Not as easy as some listed above but real good.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._19290,00.html

[AnalBumCover]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Salmon is good like this:

spread some grey poupon on top, cover that with bread crumbs, then bake.

People always want to know how I make that dish.. .simple as can be.


Todd

This one sounds good. I may cook this tonight.

[cuervo72]

Man, these are great ideas for salmon. Usually we just get some frozen salmon from Schwans, it comes with some mesquite salt/seasoning. Drizzle olive oil on the salmon, then the seasoning, bake. We also cook it with a vegetable & potato blend, which tastes good with some of the seasoning and some spillover olive oil as well.

[MizzouRah]

Here's my spice blend for another salmon recipe. (two pieces)

In a small bowl I toss (all approx):

1 TBL Onion flakes
1 Tsp Garlic salt
1/2 Tsp Onion salt
1 1/2 - 2 TBL brown sugar
1/4 - 1/2 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/4 - 1/2 Tsp White pepper

Combine and sprinkle on Salmon - it's a sweet and spicy taste.


Todd

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by AnalBumCover

This one sounds good. I may cook this tonight.

I usually serve this on a bed of lemon and herb Uncle Ben's rice, but any flavor would do.


Todd

[JeeberD]

Fry it up and smother it in tarter or cocktail sauce. Yum...

[cthomer5000]

forget all that work. I buy it already prepared.

[thetrilogy]

I buy these frozen at a local store. But they are Orca Bay brand and are probably found nationwide.

Get the Yellowfin Tuna, or "Ahi" Tuna.

This works best on a grill but I've also done this on the stove top.
Use a stainless steel frying pan. Never use non-stick*.

Put some olive oil in a small bowl. Oil your pan a little on Med to Med-Hi heat.
Put the tuna steaks on and brush them with the olive oil. Also, use pepper to your liking. You can pepper them up pretty good w/out ruining it.
Every time you turn it, brush it with a little olive oil. Don't over do it.
Tuna steak cooks very much like chicken. It will whiten as it cooks.
3-5 minutes a side, depending on if you want the inside cooked through. Yes, some people actually eat their tuna steak 'rare' on the inside.
But I cook it all the way through.

When it's done, you can serve it two ways:
As a tuna steak sandwich, with organic lettuce and organic mayo: Delicious and filling!
OR
Heat up some organic black beans, put them on a plate, then take half an organic taco shell and place it on the beans, place the tuna steak on top of that.

Remember to eat non-predator fish as much as possible. The predator fish contain more toxins. Unfortunately the good "omega-3 fatty acid" fish (salmon and tuna) may contain low levels of mercury. Cod is another excellent choice and is low on the predator chain, but I don't have any recipes.

[Loren]

Originally Posted by SaintAnselm

My girlfriend and I graduated college back in May and have been living off pasta. We would like to start eating fish at least once a week but have no idea what to buy and how to cook it. Anyone have any simple recipes or advice? We don’t have a grill so it needs to be something that can be done in the oven or on the stove.

umm they just graduated from college and been living off of PASTA, Im not soo sure they want to spend the money on fresh salmon but who knows, I hate salmon, yukkala. As the one who buys the groceries here and being cheap get some frozen fish that loooks good to you, (Cod is normally a good price and good)sometimes they have some fresh fillets that are a pretty good price, buy em...rub them down with butter, sprinkle lemon pepper and garlic on them (if ya wanna go a little CRAZEEE try sprinkling some turmeric on them, good and good FOR you but it turns the fish yellow) then either fry it up or wrap it in foil with a cut lemon, just shove the two halves in there, some onion, and sprinkle some cilantro if you have it...wrap it up tighten the ends and bake it at 375-400 for 15-20 minutes.. OR just grab a couple boxes of the Gortons grilled fillets, they're like 2.50 each...steam some rice with veggies and you're done...check their website for recipes http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/rec_main.php

[Loren]

Originally Posted by thetrilogy

Remember to eat non-predator fish as much as possible. The predator fish contain more toxins. Unfortunately the good "omega-3 fatty acid" fish (salmon and tuna) may contain low levels of mercury. Cod is another excellent choice and is low on the predator chain, but I don't have any recipes.

isnt rule of thumb, one meal consisting of fish a week?....get your omega 3's from hemp seed and eat your leafy vegetables

[bbor]

Salmon.....

Slice onion and tomato put on top of the salmon wrap in tin foil and bake...put a sprinkle of oil on it too.

[bbor]

Dola...i have some great pasta recipes if you're interested too.

[sportsfan13]

I always make Orange Roughy or Tilapia filets. I cover the fish with olive oil, white wine, basil, black pepper, and a little lemon juice. You can't go wrong!! Bake til it flakes. With the meal I like to serve either fresh steamed asparagus or green beans and those little red potatoes. Cut the potatoes up and pan fry them in butter, garlic powder, and basil. Mmmmmm!!!! thank God it's lunch time!!

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by bbor

Salmon.....

Slice onion and tomato put on top of the salmon wrap in tin foil and bake...put a sprinkle of oil on it too.

You can do this with cod as well, but in addition, pour a little italian dressing onto the fish first. After it's about done, unwrap foil, place a slice of provel on top and broil until melted.


Todd

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Loren

isnt rule of thumb, one meal consisting of fish a week?....get your omega 3's from hemp seed and eat your leafy vegetables

Did you say hemp?

[Loren]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Did you say hemp?

I diiid..hemp SEEED, need to order another 5 lbs here soon..good for your brain and pretty damn tasty even on fish..

[SaintAnselm]

We have been living off pasta not neccessarily out of neccessity but more because we don't know how to cook much else and pasta is quick and easy. Buying fresh fish is not a problem and all these recipes sound quick and tasty.

Thank you to everyone who has posted and I will be sure to try all of them over the coming weeks.

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Loren

I diiid..hemp SEEED, need to order another 5 lbs here soon..good for your brain and pretty damn tasty even on fish..

You meant hump seed....right?

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Loren

I diiid..hemp SEEED, need to order another 5 lbs here soon..good for your brain and pretty damn tasty even on fish..

Damn skippy.


Todd

[Airhog]

Salmon

mix up about 1/2 cup per pound of real mayo, lemon juice, and some fresh garlic. Spread over the Salmon, bake in a 375 degree oven until done.

[daedalus]

If I understand correctly orange ruffies are on either the threatened or endangered species list so I tend to avoid it. So I usually snag white ruffies since I don't remember seeing that on the list.

I'm fairly boring and basic so I like to just either the ruffie or a salmon fillet, season them with salt and pepper, some lemon juice and bake. Sometimes a small sprinkle of garlic powder. Some of the recipes in this thread sounds yummy, though.

SaintAnselm . . . We usually snag our fish at a store call Trader Joe's [here is their location in New Hampshire]. They have a lot of organic stuff which are really nice . . . but expensive. Avoid them, if y'all are broke like us. However, they do have some stuff that are cheaper than regular supermarkets. Eggs, butter and cheese are usually better priced. But that's beside the point. They also have solid price on frozen fish and that's where we usually snag ours. The huge positive is that we can just have them in our freezer for whenever we get the urge to do fish for dinner. The salmon comes in a pack of two fillets and cost around $7-8 and we thaw them under cold, running water for around 5-20 minutes. The white ruffies comes in a bag with 5 fillets and don't need to be thaw, which just rocks my world. Check them out.

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by thetrilogy

Yes, some people actually eat their tuna steak 'rare' on the inside.

If you ever get it at a decent restaurant, its ALWAYS cooked rare on the inside. In the culinary world, cooking Tuna steaks all the way through is synonymous with 'ruining' them.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by Samdari

If you ever get it at a decent restaurant, its ALWAYS cooked rare on the inside. In the culinary world, cooking Tuna steaks all the way through is synonymous with 'ruining' them.

AMEN!

If you click on the link for Chimeny Tuna I placed in this thread - You'll see it's pretty rare.

[Loren]

Originally Posted by Samdari

If you ever get it at a decent restaurant, its ALWAYS cooked rare on the inside. In the culinary world, cooking Tuna steaks all the way through is synonymous with 'ruining' them.

thats always looked pretty gross to me couldnt imagine eating it...
if you're in the mood for raw tuna you might as well just hit a busy corner of your city and spend 50 bucks but now i'm being gross...