Posts Tagged ‘fish’
Up until now, I’ve been an advocate of buying frozen bags of white fish. At the end of the day, it’s healthy, it’s cheap, and works well in recipes like fish and chips. However, this weekend I decided to treat the other half to a slightly more luxurious Friday night dinner than usual!
I took a trip to the fish counter at my local supermarket where a bargain caught (I’m proud of that pun) my eye – 2 Sea Bream for £4, or if you’re American, $6.20! And how did I cook them, simply cut 3 slits into each side of the fish and stuff with sliced garlic and a slice of lemon.
Next step (and what better way to cook them), throw them on the BBQ (thanks Pops for the birthday present), for 6-7 minutes each side – that’s all, nothing fancy! And why nothing fancy? Well I couldn’t quite believe how much more flavour fresh/whole fish has in comparison to it’s frozen counterparts, coupled with the lovely charcoal flavour, these tasted absolutely sublime with hardly any effort.
I’d always been a little scared of cooking fresh fish (mainly because they’re looking at me saying “don’t cook me”), but it couldn’t be easier. So next time you’re in the supermarket, take a trip past the fish counter, pick up a Sea Bream and try grilling one of your own – you’ll love it.
I just want to say a massive thanks to Blake at CHOW.com for his feeback on my recipe video for Homemade Fish and Chips, as part of being on the YouTube Next Chef program.
You can check out his feedback in the video below. Simply fast forward to 02:20 and see what he’s got to say!
Thanks again Blake, and all the feedback has been noted!
Warren.
 Sometimes I get ‘eating block’ when I’m struggling for inspiration at the supermarket. I want to try something new but there’s a debate going on between my stomach and my head!
Stomach says “Just buy it and feed me”, head says “Well hang on, how can I make this more interesting to eat?” So before you start going mad down a supermarket isle, it’s worth remembering that you can jazz most things up with pre-prepared breadcrumbs, yes, plain-old breadcrumbs! So you’ve bought a plain chicken breast, salmon fillet, piece of pork or a bag of white fish and you don’t know what to do next, well, you can bread them. Simply have 3 separate bowls with one of the following in each:
Dip your piece of meat/fish in the flour, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs and cook in the oven – simple! If that’s not enough, it tastes even better if you mix a little chilli powder (or other herb of your choice) in the breadcrumbs. FitBrits.com already has two great breaded recipes which are really quick and easy to make. So why not check out our recipe for Homemade Fish and Chips and our Chicken Nuggets Recipe and let us know how you get on through Facebook. |
