Cooking fish without oil or with simple flavorings like lemon and pepper preserves its heart-healthy benefits. Learn to prepare salmon fillets for sushi, grill yellowtail, and differentiate between frozen and fresh seafood.
Milkfish, also called bangus or Chanos chanos, is a fatty fish that you can cook with simple preparation. This fish lives in warm waters around islands in the Indo-Pacific. Milkfish is common fare in the Philippines but may not always be readily available at your grocer.
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Cod is a mild-tasting fish that lends itself well to most cooking methods. Its low fat content and pleasing appearance make it a good choice for highly-flavored recipes. Cooking cod in foil takes advantage of its characteristics and is one of the best ways to cook it with moist heat.
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This article is about an easy, quick way to cook tilapia fillets in the oven, baking them with delicious ingredients including olive oil and fresh dill.
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Bluefish, also known as tailor and shad is the only member of the Pomatomidae family. It is found throughout the world but is most common along America’s eastern seaboard. It is an oily fish similar in texture to mackerel with a fatty, soft flesh. It is a good source of niacin, magnesium, omega-3 and potassium.
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The tender flakiness of broiled salmon is a treat for the taste buds and a healthy diet staple for your body. Salmon contains omega-3 fatty acids, an essential nutrient that contributes to heart health.
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Fish sauce is a condiment made from fermented fish that is commonly used in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. It is salty like soy sauce, but has a more complex flavor. Stir fries with fish sauce should be seasoned with herbs and flavorings characteristic of Southeast Asian cuisine, such as Thai basil, cilantro and lime.
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Fresh tuna steaks are a luxurious treat and a quick, easy choice for a weeknight dinner, especially if you have a gas grill. Fresh tuna looks a bit like rare beef with a color ranging from pale pink to deep reddish. Skip steaks that look dried out or have brown spots.
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As long as it's very fresh, tuna can be served a little rare in the middle. This is ideal for tuna steaks as the fish has a tendency to dry out if cooked for too long. One-inch thick tuna steaks can be perfectly cooked in about 10 minutes.
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Swordfish is one of the few fish that is a breeze to grill: its strongly flavored steaks are sturdy enough to hold up to the high heat needed to yield fish that is crispy brown on the outside, moist on the inside.
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Baking salmon in aluminum foil allows for a more flavorful meal and easy cleanup. This technique traps the moisture inside the foil to prevent the salmon from drying out. This technique also allows you to bake different flavors into your salmon.
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Roasted salmon is a classic, simple dish that can be cooked for a large group or for a single person with little change in preparation methods.
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Ling cod is a fish from the cod family that is found exclusively on the west coast of North America, especially near the coast of British Columbia. Ling cod are characterized by a long, single dorsal fin, a large mouth and teeth, and deep brown to dark green coloring.
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Though commonly considered tuna -- and similar to a small tuna in appearance --, yellowtail tuna actually belong to the amberjack species. Yellowtail are fast-swimming predatory fish common in U.S. Pacific Ocean waters. The flesh is lighter than tuna, but yellowtail has a similar firm, meaty texture.
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Baking fish is a simple and straightforward cooking method. Once the fish has been scaled, cleaned and filleted, bake it in the oven according to your favorite recipe. When you don’t have a recipe to follow, determine oven temperature and cooking time based on a few factors.
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Pacific cod is a lean, mild fish that comes from marine fisheries, rather than being farmed. Pacific cod is a good source of vitamin B-12, niacin, protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Pacific cod fillets can be cooked by pan-frying, deep-frying, grilling, sauteing, baking and roasting.
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Albacore tuna steak is a good source of lean protein and contains omega-3 fatty acids, which can help protect you against stroke and heart attack. A properly cooked albacore tuna steak can be delicious, but you should limit your consumption of this fish.
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Salmon, a fatty fish promoted for its high omega-3 fatty acid content, can be purchased fresh or frozen.
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Mahi-mahi, also called dolphinfish, is a fairly oily fish with a firm and meaty texture. You can use several techniques to cook it on a stove, oven or on the grill. When using the stove, you can pan-grill or sauteed mahi-mahi fillets or steaks.
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Salmon is among the top five consumed fish species in the United States. The salmon steak is a versatile cooking ingredient. The mildly sweet, pink flesh stands up well to grilling, broiling and pan searing.
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Swordfish is so named because of an upper jaw that extends straight out to form a long point or “sword.” Swordfish are hard fighters and routinely exceed 100 lbs. Swordfish steaks are on the menu at many high-end restaurants as an exotic selection.
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