Cooking fish for people who don't like fish? - Page 3

[tinybutterfly]

Subbing. I am not a big fish eater, but going to try to add more to our diet.

We used to eat orange roughy made with butter and lemon juice in the microwave. I can't remember how long we cooked it, but it was very good. Mild. I guess you could steam it if you don't like using a microwave. We haven't had this in years.

I love fried catfish, but I am pretty sure that does not qualify as healthy.

I love fishsticks and Long John Silvers fish. I haven't had either in years. I don't think those are probably on the healthy list either.

I take a tiny bit of salmon when we go to the Chinese buffet and choke it down cuz I know it's good for me.

I love tuna salad from our groceries salad bar, but tuna is a once week fish cuz of the mercury levels.

I used to sometimes eat sardines in mustard on crackers, but don't think I could deal with it now.

I am trying to imagine fish stew as tasty, but can't wrap my mind around it.

I"ll have to come back and write the recipe down and try it. Very sceptical.

[JessicaS]

I am not huge on fish.

I have found different things that make me like it better. I like salmon that is well prepared. If it is overcooked it has that icky fishy taste.

I like seared tuna but I don't like it cooked anymore than that. I despise canned tuna (too much icky tuna casserole as a kid )

I was going to try this

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/fr...fish_soup.html

I was planning on making some salmon cakes from canned salmon since i hate to waste fresh. It is really expensive here.

[Smokering]

Wow, I had no idea so many people didn't like fish!

I like it fine, but only started eating it recently - once a week on grocery shoping day. I think I might have to try that stew! So far I've only cooked it a few ways - fried in butter with lemon, garlic and herbs, fried with cream, sweet chilli sauce and herbs, or fried with butter, sweet chilli sauce and herbs. Not exactly a huge repertoire. They all taste good to me, but then, I like fish. I've also done salmon steaks with soy sauce, Worcester, grated ginger, garlic and sesame oil. Yummy!

[WorldsBestMom]

Fish is really nice. Sometimes its the way in which it is prepared too that causes people not to like it. There is, roast fish, fried fish, fillet fish and various sauces that you can prepare with it. I like my fish well prepared I hate the raw scent. Its very nutritious though.

[Adamsmama]

subbing because I HATE fish ... although I ate Tilapia a few times last year and actually enjoyed it. I can't stand other types of fish.

[napless]

Fish with Bananas

This is the one I always recommend to people who don't like fish. The fish flavour is pretty well disguised.

Baking time will depend on the temperature, thickness and freshness of the fish fillets.

2 Tbsp/30 mL butter

1 Tbsp/15 mL whole wheat flour

1 cup/250 mL milk

4 fish fillets, each about 5 oz/150 g

1/3 cup/75 mL white wine

2 Tbsp/30 mL lime juice

salt

pepper

2 bananas, peeled and sliced in half lengthwise

1/4 cup/60 mL grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 350F/175C.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
Add the flour. Stir to mix.
Add the milk.
Turn the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens. Remove it from the heat.

Arrange the fish fillets in a single layer in a baking dish.
Sprinkle the fish with the white wine, the lime juice, and the salt and pepper to taste.

Pour half of the butter sauce over the fish.

Lay the banana halves on top of the fish.

Pour the remaining sauce over the bananas.

Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese over all.

Bake until the fish flakes easily with a fork (25 minutes or more).

[napless]

Fish with Lime-Ginger Sauce

This is our current favourite.

Preheat broiler.

1 jar (8 oz/225 g) pickled ginger

2 limes

8 fish fillets, each about 5 oz/150 g.

Juice the limes.
Process the lime juice and the ginger (with juice) in the blender.
Place the fish on a broiler pan.
Spoon the sauce over the fish.
Broil for about 12-15 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by Smokering

Wow, I had no idea so many people didn't like fish!

Well..some of us in the middle of continents don't have access to great fresh seafood.

There are only a couple of places here where I can get much fish and it can be expensive. It is cheaper for me to buy porterhouse than salmon and I can get KC strip cheaper than tilapia.

I only really grew up with people eating catfish, bass and other freshwater fish...but I don't *like* catfish.

I am trying to learn, atm I have orange roughy and tilapia and am not sure what to do with either.

[Theoretica]

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Me too!

[JessicaS]

I did this tonight

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/be...ado_salsa.html

I went a little heavier on the salsa stuff and I used fat tire for the beer since that is what I had on hand (plus I can drink the leftover ) It was really good.

Dh who does like fish really enjoyed it.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by napless

This is our current favourite.

Preheat broiler.

1 jar (8 oz/225 g) pickled ginger

2 limes

8 fish fillets, each about 5 oz/150 g.

Juice the limes.
Process the lime juice and the ginger (with juice) in the blender.
Place the fish on a broiler pan.
Spoon the sauce over the fish.
Broil for about 12-15 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.

What kind of fish do you usually use for this?

[redvlagrl]

We are fish lovers, but here are some ideas:

You can put a couple of slices of apple in a pan when panfrying to stop the house smelling fishy

Try putting a lid on the pan too - it really helps.

Poach a white fleshed fish gently in a court boullion and then flake it and make into fish cakes (mix with mashed potato, green onion/chives etc and bake or fry)

Make a fish pie - Make a bechamel sauce, add raw fish, peas and carrots and cook until fish is just cooked (I also like to add some saffron, but it's not essential). Put in a pie dish and top wish mashed potato. Bake in the oven until browned on top.

Make a Bouillabaisse - it's a type of fish stew flavoured with fennel and saffron. You are supposed to add shellfish too, but you could leave it out

Top white fleshed fish with a 'stuffing' - breadcrumbs, herbs, an egg and then bake in a hot oven

Panfry Fillets or steaks in a skillet with butter and EVOO. Once the fish is cooked, throw in some capers until crispy and serve with the butter/capers on top of the fish and some lemon

Get some Smoked Cod and make Kedgeree - Steam some rice, poach your smoked fish. Fry onion, garlic, red peppers and add turmeric and some butter. Toss the rice with this mixture and fold in the fish (flaked and boned). You then put some hard boiled egg slices on the top and serve.

HTH!

[redvlagrl]

Oh, and please, please, please don't ever eat Roange Roughy/Blue Eye anybody!

It's a very deep water fish that no one has ever seen alive (it dies on the way up because of depressurisation). Nobody knows anything about it's lifecycle or reproduction. They do guess that the size that we eat is about 80 years old though! It's apparently very slow growing!