Cooking fish

[Mr.Vexilar]

Heres another question, what other ways have you cooked fish BESIDE frying them? 

[delta9]

Baked yummy!

[Mr.Vexilar]

Shoulda been more specific, im mainly talking cooking gills...  Have u ever baked gills delta?

[delta9]

no not gills, just fried or deep fried.

[swampbuckster]

I've always deep fried gills too.

[CBGale2]

Fish tacos!

[Kilbourn]

Boiled in 7-UP or Sprite I hear is really good. Never tried myself though.

[TMBWarriors]

Boiled perch ,walleye or gill taste great dipped in some cocktail sauce.
Boil and then chill in fridge. Pretty much Nor's fresh water lobster

another favorite is baked fish in a glass pan with crumbled chips and sprinkle some mozzarella cheese.

[Swift]

Boiled perch ,walleye or gill taste great dipped in some cocktail sauce.
Boil and then chill in fridge. Pretty much Nor's fresh water lobster

another favorite is baked fish in a glass pan with crumbled chips and sprinkle some mozzarella cheese.

2 very good and often used great calls  Left overs crumbled up on a salad taste alot like crab/lobster. Just unsure of the cost per pound, they way we fish these days Lobster may be cheaper

[afishhawk]

I have made a Fish Chowder in the past by making the same base as for Potato soup with ham but use bluegills instead which were marinated and broiled prior to mixing with soup stock. Needs additional seasonings to replace the flavorings lost in the ham.

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You could use a Clam Chowder base then use Bluegills or Crappie instead. You can use up more actual fish this way with out the deep frying. Dont get me wrong, I love the deep fried gills and perch but the batter and oils don't love me anymore.
Deep frying is conveinant and tasty But I had to cut a few pounds and this helps a little. The oil from frying tonights catch is still hot, Its hard to give up cold turkey !

[TMBWarriors]

Forgot Gram's old special
Fresh bullhead in the spring rolled in flour and lightly salted/pepper cooked in hot bacon grease. Yumm
Tail was always the first bite

[fishin machine]

My wife loves this recipe.
 
lay whole filets in a non stick, or lightly greased cookie sheet.
sprinkle with granulated garlic, finely chopped onion, and finely chopped bacon, in that order.
broil until bacon is done, then sprinkle with real parmesan cheese.
this goes well over rice.

[skulldugary]

Baked,smoked

[187fish]

My favorite is to scale the gill, gut, stuff with butter, garli, and some red onion then wrap in tinfoil and grill..super good!

[jodeew1004]

My favorite is to scale the gill, gut, stuff with butter, garli, and some red onion then wrap in tinfoil and grill..super good!

Grilled like this is great fillet take skin off butter garlic lemon little rosemary thyme all In aluminum foil toss on the grill. U can do the same thing and put them in the oven.   The other night buddy and where fishing gutted a couple put on metal ice scoop put above the heater and cooked that way!!!!

[Mr.Vexilar]

Thanks for the replies fellas!! The past 4 days have produced 138 bagged and frozen bluegill fillets for me!  Time to try some new ways of cookin em, and thanks to you guys I have a few new ways to try!  Took a couple and left em whole today, gutted em and cut heads off and cooked em in olive oil.  Havent had em like that in a while and BOY was that ever good! I like that way b/c you get to taste the flavor of the meet and not just the breading.  Good luck and stay topside.

[DaveSS1]

WTG vex on the fish. One alternative we do is roll them in flavored breadcrumbs, put in a Pyrex dish, drizzle with warm butter and a little parm cheese and bake.

[Mr.Vexilar]

That sounds good dave, i'll have to try it.....

[pastaboy]

Cube your fish about 1-1 1/2 inh square, wrap 1/2 piece of bacon (you can use turkey bacon too) around the fish and spear it with a toothpick to hold the bacon on and put them on the grill. Turn them about every 10 minutes and when the bacon starts to crisp up dab with some sweet baby Ray's B-B-Q sauce, about 2-3 times, let the sauce cook on and you are ready to go. 

[Machine]

Looks like the only way I am going to be able to try some new recipe's is to find your freezer.