Fish Cooking Ideas

Hi guys

I got 2kgs of hake fillets yesterday which I pan-fried, and now there's a disgusting clear fishy mucous goo that's formed at the bottom of the fillets. Got the hake as an alternative to chicken until Sunday.

I was hoping for some suggestions on tasty ways of cooking the fillets. I'm thinking that next time I'm gonna roll the 250g fillets into fish cakes as it'll be much easier to prepare and store. That'll also be easy to make exactly 250g servings for each meal.

Any other suggestions would really be appreciated.

take the fillet and put it on some tin foil then add salt, pepper, ground coriander. Then add 3 slices of lemon under the fillet and above the fillet add some dill or fenel( herb) above and below the fillet also then add some garlic and white wine over the fillet wrap up in the foil making sure nothing comes out and bake it in the oven for 15 to 20 min at 180 degrees.

fish cakes are a good idea. throw some bread crumbs in there if you're bulking

fish cakes are a good option cause you can combine your carbs with it as i think the other main ingredient is potatoe. Then add spices for flavouring !

I wish i enjoyed fish more cause i have access to plenty of it.

Or take the fillet and spice it (salt pepper and your favorite spice) then fry the fillet in some butter and just before its done to the way you like it add some orange juice and lemon juice and add crushed mixed nuts on top fry for about 1 min with the lemon, orange juice and nuts.

Jeepers thanks for the fast replies guys!

Greg, I hope you're entering Masterchef SA next year, haha. Thanks so much bud.

Feathers I think that'll be a great idea, it should also help to keep the cakes from falling apart (hopefully).

INCUBUS, had no idea they had potato in them to be honest, haha. I was thinking of rather making solid fish cakes and then eating my carbs separately, but that's a great idea for when I get bored, thanks mate.

MK wrote: Jeepers thanks for the fast replies guys!

Greg, I hope you're entering Masterchef SA next year, haha. Thanks so much bud.

Feathers I think that'll be a great idea, it should also help to keep the cakes from falling apart (hopefully).

INCUBUS, had no idea they had potato in them to be honest, haha. I was thinking of rather making solid fish cakes and then eating my carbs separately, but that's a great idea for when I get bored, thanks mate.

LOL maybe i should enter hey , Add some egg just a little maybe like a tablespoon to your fishcakes also, that helps them from falling apart and some fresh coriander leaves for flavour. :woohoo:

thank you, thank you, thank you MK for this post... I have hake fillets at home and i just hate it. I always have it steamed and time and again i have to drown it in tobasco sauce just to help me get it down. tell me more about this fish cakes, I will definitely eat it that way.

how about smoking it in a webber?? that sounds decent

Great idea Greg, always did that when making home-made burgers and it works well to keep them together. Additional protein wouldn't hurt either Thanks again!

Would love to do that Feathers, but I don't have one unfortunately... Maybe a future investment haha.

Haha no problem Gambit, thank Masterchef for his cooking ideas! I know the feeling though, about to have another fillet and I'm dreading it.

For the fish cakes, I'm planning on taking all the fillets (skinless), mashing them up in a bowl, adding pepper and lemon with 1 egg (to keep them from falling apart) and some coriander. Mash that together, roll them into 8 even cakes (=250g each if you buy 2kgs of hake at a time), then take a plate and sprinkle some breadcrumbs on the plate and roll the cakes in the breadcrumbs. Then pan-fry them with some olive oil.

sounds better than chicken boobs. i rate you post a picture afterwards so we can see how successful you were

MK wrote: Great idea Greg, always did that when making home-made burgers and it works well to keep them together. Additional protein wouldn't hurt either Thanks again!

Would love to do that Feathers, but I don't have one unfortunately... Maybe a future investment haha.

Haha no problem Gambit, thank Masterchef for his cooking ideas! I know the feeling though, about to have another fillet and I'm dreading it.

For the fish cakes, I'm planning on taking all the fillets (skinless), mashing them up in a bowl, adding pepper and lemon with 1 egg (to keep them from falling apart) and some coriander. Mash that together, roll them into 8 even cakes (=250g each if you buy 2kgs of hake at a time), then take a plate and sprinkle some breadcrumbs on the plate and roll the cakes in the breadcrumbs. Then pan-fry them with some olive oil.

thanks man... copied this and sent it as an email. I will be making fishcakes tomorrow. I still have about 2.5kg's hake fillets in the feezer.....

MRfeathers wrote: how about smoking it in a webber?? that sounds decent

Smoked fish get old faster than having to reply to dbol only cycles before summer !!

lol

MK wrote: Great idea Greg, always did that when making home-made burgers and it works well to keep them together. Additional protein wouldn't hurt either Thanks again!

Would love to do that Feathers, but I don't have one unfortunately... Maybe a future investment haha.

Haha no problem Gambit, thank Masterchef for his cooking ideas! I know the feeling though, about to have another fillet and I'm dreading it.

For the fish cakes, I'm planning on taking all the fillets (skinless), mashing them up in a bowl, adding pepper and lemon with 1 egg (to keep them from falling apart) and some coriander. Mash that together, roll them into 8 even cakes (=250g each if you buy 2kgs of hake at a time), then take a plate and sprinkle some breadcrumbs on the plate and roll the cakes in the breadcrumbs. Then pan-fry them with some olive oil.

HA HA HA yes please take photos of the fishcakes when you finished them MK they sound good .

MK, my man, the fish cakes came out awesome bro.... Even my wife and 19 month old son loved it. I added some crush chilli to it and damn, awesome,awesome,awesome.

Awesome bud, glad they turned out so nicely!

Only going to be able to swap from chicken to fish on friday - words can't describe how excited I am to be able to eat something other than chicken :sick:

Haha will try post some pics of them when I make them Greg :lol:

MK wrote: Awesome bud, glad they turned out so nicely!

Only going to be able to swap from chicken to fish on friday - words can't describe how excited I am to be able to eat something other than chicken :sick:

Haha will try post some pics of them when I make them Greg :lol:

hang in there bro, just one more day to go then you rid of chicken for a while.

for those interested, this is how mine came out.

they look like they came out great

gambit wrote:

MK wrote: Awesome bud, glad they turned out so nicely!

Only going to be able to swap from chicken to fish on friday - words can't describe how excited I am to be able to eat something other than chicken :sick:

Haha will try post some pics of them when I make them Greg :lol:

hang in there bro, just one more day to go then you rid of chicken for a while.

for those interested, this is how mine came out.

Ah great. You have just awoken the beast that is my stomach. Feed me.

MRfeathers wrote: they look like they came out great

They did indeed bro, had it for lunch yesterday and today again....

Woolies has a nice fish rub. I brush the hake fillets with a bit of avo oil, coat it lightly with the rub, whack it in a dish, and grill it in the oven.