Fish Recipes

For a quick meal it's "Cracker Meal" Sea Food Mix by McCormick.  Add additional seasoning to your liking but hold the garlic for me.   Fillets going into the frying pan as we speak.
 


 
 
Can't tell ya where the fillets came from, I promised, "no spot burning". 
 
 
 
Enjoy your meal BT.

Here are some of my favorites.  Easy.
 
Pan fried.  Sleeve of saltine crackers and about half cup of flour in the food processor until crackers are small crumbs, not a powder.  Toss in some seasonings too.  I just dip the fillets in milk, but egg works for thicker breading.  Usually season again after nice and golden brown, or darker.  Ritz or Cheezits work well too.
 
Grilled.  Coat both sides with mayo.  I use light mayo, and works fin.  I still use a fish spatula.  Season to your taste, salt and pepper is just fine.  Mayo will keep from sticking and give some incredible grill mark flavor.  If you want to be fancy.  Use different fish, with salmon and tuna in as well, to have different colors and flavors.
 
Baked or grilled.  Look up recipes for both "Bourbon Chicken" and "Roadside Chicken" marinades.  Works very well on fish too.
 
I like smoking fish too.  A ton of good recipes on here that I have stolen in the past.

I think what I make is basically cracker meal.  Will have to check that out in the store.  Saltines are so cheap though, and make for a good "back up" snack when low on snacks around the house...
 
I meant to add to the grilled fish, to be fancy have the different fish on a kabob stick.
 

I like to add cavenders Greek seasoning to McCormick fish and chips

mopars0
Don't have a bunch in fact this is about all I use...McCormick Fry Mix, Beer batter ... I use a 12oz beer with 1 package , use cast iron skillet with oil about half filled ... Dip fish in mix , put in skillet ...deep fry it for about 8 minutes or to your liking .... That all I got but my neighbor's love it ....

 
You got some lucky neighbors buddy!!!!  Did ya ever try Ginger Ale or Coke in place of beer?

If you want good spicy flavored fish buy Andy's Cajun. It's spicy, so you might want to cut it with another mix you like. I like it spicy, so it's in the egg wash, and rolled in Andy's Cajun only, and into the hot oil. It's always the first to go at the Captain's fish fry's. Just a tip: If you are frying other fish in the same oil, fry with Andy's last , it will spice up the oil too! This is a major hit with cold beer ! Put the French fries in after for an extra spicy treat .
Buy at most Wal-Mart's, cheap and goes a long way too !
 

Comes in 3 different flavors but Cajun is my favorite choice !
 
outasync ,   that's my favorite all round meat seasoning !
 
 

 I start with rollin' in flour then dip in egg/milk then anything goes. 
 
crappy

 Think it's supposed to make the egg/milk stay put better. Saw it done that way on fishin' & cookin' t.v. shows when I was child.
 
crappy

 Think last week I used pancake mix in place ov the flour on Crappie & Perch. The Perch were still full ov eggs.

yellow corn meal on my perch then fry in crisco, the shortening, not the oil.  salt.  Love smelts dusted with flour and deep fried.  Everything else I'll experiment with.

Yep start with seasoned flour....

Pike , I like those smelts too! Got to have the cocktail sauce for dipping for me. I like to add a little more horsey sauce in the dip.
 
I prefer the seasoned cornmeal recipes over batters . Some batters I've had are just too greasy for some reason. All good eating recipes !
 
BTDT , looks awful good there ! 

Well there's one fish I can't say I BTDT as far as catching but, I BTDT when comes to eating my fair share (than some)!!
 
Been many, along with a lot, of years since I have enjoyed a good batch of Smelt and  I sure do remember, the great "Smelt Fries" when I pigged out at the RVFD in Reno, PA.  The recipe was one of those "we'll have to kill ya if, we told you deals" so I have no idea of what was used but, back in the day, those boys could fry em up along with french fries, OHHH Baby!!

Never caught em but sure can remember when I was a kid, my neighbors bringing a bucket of them back from Erie.  They'd slit em, wash em, and freeze em.  Something then about eating a fish with fins, tails, ribs and, back bones still intact just didn't seem appetizing.  Ummm, did I mention scales too?   But boy oh boy..... a few (++) years later, a couple (+++) Rolling Rock appetizers and I was looking forward to the next smelt fry.
 
I appreciate the heads-up on Giant Eagle and the Lake Ontario fish, who the hell knows what you get when ya buy fish from other parts of the world.  If it is in fact fish.

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuk...........   don't this just make ya hungry for Smelt????
 
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