non fishy fish recipes

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Anonymous wrote:I cook tons of fish but never mackerel - PP, how do you cook/prepare it?

I am the PP who wrote recipes for salmon, cat fish and tilapia. Here is my recipe for mackarel.

Cooking Mackerel is a little more time consuming but worth it. Roast a little coriander, cumin and fennel seeds and dry grind them along with a small piece of cinnamon and a few cloves. Mix the power with yogurt, garlic paste and onion paste. Make diagonal slits on the whole fish and marinade with the above paste for 2 hours. Pan-fry the marinated fish with a little olive oil.

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I try to eat fish with a healthy fatty acid profile and that are environmentally sound, or at least okay. I like a fake tandoori salmon dish. Make a paste of Greek yogurt, chili powder, turmeric, ground coriander and cayenne. I rub it on wild-caught salmon and let it sit for awhile, then bake it. (Alas, not in a clay oven.). I serve it with raita or chutney, brown rice, and vegetables. Easy, healthy and good.

I also marinate wild salmon in a cilantro lime marinade and grill it, then serve as is or as fish tacos. Neither of these recipes tastes fishy and wild salmon is a great fish.

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In general, the fresher the fish, the less fishy it will taste.

DD loves salmon. Smoked salmon on a bagel with cream cheese. Salmon filet roasted in olive oil (Mark Bittman recipe). Salmon poached in a foil packet with citrus slices, olive oil and dill.

She loves grilled tuna steaks, but the pediatrician doesn't want her eating tuna b/c of the mercury risk.

My mom used to microwave sole in butter, lemon juice and dill. It was pretty good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to introduce DS to fish. I don't eat it myself, so I know little about preparing it. Are there any easy non fishy tasting recipes out there? preferably spicy

TIA

Have him try smoked salmon first. No effort and low cost if you buy a small pack.
Farmed smoked salmon is tastier because it's fatter, but wild salmon has less of the fishy aroma.

[Anonymous]

Sole, flounder and tilapia are all good 'first fish' choices. DCs would also all eat salmon up until about the age of two, then they started to refuse it.

Costco sells individually frozen tilapia loins, which are good. I typically just saute them in olive oil with light dusting of Wegman's Pan Searing Four or Wondra.

[Anonymous]

My kids love these salmon patties.

http://thepaleomama.com/2013/03/salmon-patties-with-a-creamy-lemon-dill-sauce/

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http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/catfish-soup-recipe.html

Best Thai soup ever. Spicy, tangy, full of flavor. Stick with US grown catfish though, too many unknowns from stuff grown in Asia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make salmon in a sweet chili sauce:

Let salmon get to room temp (important)
Preheat oven to low broil
Mix together 1/8 cup sweet chili sauce (franks makes a good one), 1/8 cup soy sauce, grate some ginger
Spoon over salmon in a foil lined pan
Broil until done. 9-11 minutes is my preference.

That sounds so good!

I like to marinate salmon in Italian dressing, broil with some vegetables (also marinated in Italian dressing) and then shred the salmon and mix with some orzo.

I also like to pan fry a piece of tilapia with blackened seasoning (blackening seasoning? black seasoning? The powder you put on things to make them "blackened"), and serve it on a caesar salad.

I don't like curry, but my son likes Thai green chili sauce (which comes in a jar labeled "Thai green chili sauce") on shrimp.

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Flounder is very mild. Lemon butter bread crumbs, bake

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However I buy my fish (frozen or fresh), I usually steam my fish.
Put the veggies on the top steamer and the fish on the lower steamer. And sometimes pasta cooking on the pot below.
Sauce with the fish - gluten free soy sauce, ginger and sesame oil or gluten free sweet/sour chili sauce. All can be cooked in about 15-20 minutes, which gives you a bit of time to interact with your kids while it's steaming.

Sometimes, I put panko crumbs, or any gluten free bread crumbs. Or crush the leftover cereal crumbs and mix them with the fish filet/pieces. Sometimes I add whatever I have around (crush sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseed, crushed nuts!). I have a personal juicer, kinda like a bullet juicer, and I use it to crush all these stuff. You can use a coffee grinder too. You can add an egg so they stick to the fish. I sometime use honey on the fish or spray with the oil. Then, dry pan fried in a pan. I use spray oil. Never deep fried.