Fish

[sandy45]

Ok so i had tilapia for dinner last night...the only way i have made it was breading and frying, and i dont want to do that. so i asked the fish guy and he said marinaide it with italian dressing for an hour and then sautee it. so i did that with just some pam cooking spray...it was awesome! i did the no fat or low fat...dont remember. but it was great. with some peas and rice...mmmm....just had the leftovers for lunch...and they were great too!

Sandy

[snapdragen]

One of my favorite "discoveries" is Paul Prudhomme's Seafood Magic. I sprinkle it on the fish, and grill it. Then I make a corn salsa sort of thing, copied from Applebee's, using Green Giant Mexican corn, and blackbeans. Put that on top of the cooked tilapia.

[emily_in_nc]

I made up a tilapia recipe yesterday that was amazing (to me) and as simple as pie (well, a lot simpler than pie, actually!)

A small glug of olive oil in a pan, heated to med-high. Drop a tilipia fillet on it (sizzle). Sprinkle top side with salt, pepper, cayenne to taste, paprika, and celery seed. Let it cook awhile on the first side, then flip and add the same spices to the other side (I skipped the cayenne on the second side). Depending on thickness, you might want to flip it back one more time for a little more "blackening" on the first side again. I wish I could say exactly how long I cooked it, but I didn't let it dry out; it was still very moist, but cooked through.

Major yum!!!! The spices and kick of heat were just perfect together on this delicate, sweet fish. As good as fish I've had in a restaurant for $14.95+, if I do say so myself. And the tilapia was on sale for only $2.99/lb, so qiute a deal too.

I don't cook very often (DH is retired so does most of that - lucky me!), but I was proud of this simple dish.

Emily

[CyclChyk]

Emily - thats pretty much what we do. We eat talapia at least 3 nights a week. I drop some olive oil in a pan, drop in the fish, sprinkle it with Creole cajun seasoning, wflip it a couple times til its white and flacky and eat.

Its soooooo good!!! This works great for shrimp, scallops, even chicken.

Alot of times with the chicken breast, I will cut up zuchinni, squash, onion, and bell pepper and saute them in one pan, cut up the chicken breast in another pan (see above), then mix the two. Throw in some light soy sauce, or better yet, terayki sauce, and serve with rice.

YUM!

[7rider]

Try doing that with a flounder (my favorite is grey sole), too.
Dredged in flour, and pan fried. Major Yummmm....

[love2bike]

We always marinate tilapia in Emeril's Hickory Maple Chipolte marinate and grill it. We usually make a bunch of it, so that we can use it for fish tacos the next day.

[latelatebloomer]

mmmm, fish tacos.

Sometimes to get a little of that "fried" feeling, I sprinkle tilapia with cornmeal, cracked red pepper and salt, and broil. Crunchy & spicy and not so decadent. But every once in a while, fish deserves to be fried.

[SheFly]

We like it on the grill - marinated in Lawry's Tequila Lime and sprinkled with cococut for some crispiness.

SheFly

[Reesha]

This is a mega-bump, but I wanted to talk about fish with the masses!

The only fish I've been feeling like toiling with lately has been Norwegian Salmon. It's farmed sadly, but the fish monger says it actually has higher omega-3 fatty acids. I like to cook it skin side down in the pan in a little olive oil and then flip it and crispen up the meat side. It's absolutely divine with my favorite watermelon-basil-feta salad:



I'm a little sad that fish is so much more expensive since I've moved to the midwest, but I suppose sensibly so. I should really try to get on the catfish bandwagon, but I don't know what to do with it! Any suggestions?

[Cataboo]

I do similar with salmon - cook it with lemon & olive oil, about 6 mins per side.

Then I made a pineapple/mango/ginger salsa for it.

Catfish is something I usually caramelize:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Vietnamese...a-Kho-To-56112

[Reesha]

Bookmarked!!!

I wonder if I could substitute agave syrup for the sugar. Looks delicious though!

[Reesha]

I made it for lunch

It was delicious-- however, I think I don't like the catfish. I think it's too freshwatery for me. I think tilapia, another freshwater fish tastes literally like dirt and to me that's the freshwatery taste.

[spokewench]

I often cook tilapia with paprika/chile powder/salt and pepper seasoning sauteed in olive oil. I also think the little hot spice is great with this fish.

Then I make a salsa, with poblana pepper, tomatoes, corn, sweet onion to put over the fish. yum

[Jolt]

I made it for lunch

It was delicious-- however, I think I don't like the catfish. I think it's too freshwatery for me. I think tilapia, another freshwater fish tastes literally like dirt and to me that's the freshwatery taste.

Catfish does sort of taste like mud IMO--I've had it a couple of times and wasn't thrilled with it for that reason. I don't think all freshwater fish are like that though.

[smilingcat]

hmm maybe it wasn't prepared right. Channel cat fish needs to be "cleaned up" first. catch'em and let them swim in clean water for few days to remove that mud smell and taste.

Fried catfish, hush puppies, succotash and pecan pie. yummo. And no mason jar for drinks.