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10 Tips For Cooking With Fish!10 Tips For Cooking With Fish!

It’s Halibut Season and Market Street is serving it up!

Here are 10 great tips for cooking with fish:10 Tips For Cooking With Fish!

10 Tips to Help You Become a Fish Aficionado in the Kitchen

1. Buy the right amount
If you’re serving a whole fish, figure about 1 pound per person, allowing for discarding the head and bones. For fish fillets and steaks, figure about half a pound per person.

2. Fish should not smell fishy
And, by fishy, that means unpleasant. Fish should smell like the sea. If you are buying whole fish, the eyes should be clear and the skin should not be slimy.

3. Don’t fear frozen
Some say fresh fish is always better but you need to know that unless you catch it yourself (or your neighbor is kind enough to share his catch), the fish was likely partially frozen on a commercial fishing boat. Frozen is not necessarily worse.

4. Don’t overcook
Fish will get dry, possibly tough, if overcooked. As a general rule, fish cooked on direct heat requires 10 minutes per inch of thickness. For example, a ½-inch-thick fillet, which is a piece of fish cut lengthwise off the spine, will take about 5 minutes, 2 ½ minutes on each side, to pan-fry. Baking will take longer. You should follow the instructions in a recipe until you get a feel for the time. (If you’re cooking it in a foil or parchment paper packet, add at least 5 minutes.)

5. Test for doneness
Fish is done when it is opaque and flakes easily with the touch of a knife or fork.

6. Know your fish
Learn some basics about how different fish taste, and you can deal with anything you find at the grocery store or market. For instance, when a recipe calls for a firm, mild fish you can use grouper, striped bass, snapper, redfish, halibut, cod or sea bass. Tilapia will also work. White fish are also leaner than salmon and tuna.

7. Use high heat
When cooking fish with direct heat, grill or skillet, make sure your pan is very hot. The high heat sears the fish and keeps moisture in. The high heat also prevents oil or butter from being absorbed into the flesh. If needed, you can always lower the heat after searing.

8. Consider techniques
Take advantage of the versatility of fish, much as you do with chicken. It can be breaded and sauteed; roasted with aromatic herbs; grilled by itself or in packets with lemon and julienned vegetables; poached; stuffed and baked; and always fried.

9. Don’t refreeze
When you thaw previously frozen fish, do not refreeze. You should plan to cook it within a couple of days of purchase.

10. Think visual appeal
Always start cooking with presentation side down, meaning the side that hits the heat first is the side that diners will see on their plates. Doing this will result in an appetizing golden crust when served. 

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