Fish for non-fish eaters?

[mrsprincess07]

Cathe or anyone else-

What type of Fish do you recommend to people who do NOT like fish? I'll be honest here, I like the Gorton's Fish Fillets as they are flakey but I also drown them in ketchup!

I want to start eating fish, but was ruined as a child as my Dad used to make us eat the Lake fish that smelled horrible and tasted even worse. We don't get very fresh fish here, frozen then thawed, so direct from the sea isn't an option for my location. Any help or suggestions for fish that perhaps doesn't taste or smell like fish...

 

[kathryn]

Why do you want to eat fish if you can't stand the taste of it ?
If it's for omega 3's, you can get that from flax, chia, different algae products (spirulina, chlorella, Klamath lake blue-green algae).

 

[lrayburn]

Mmm, fish yummy !! Try "mahi mahi" which is a very firm, mild white fish. It is not fishy in any way. Stay far away from catfish and tilapia (which tastes like dirt in my opinion). Most ocean fish is less fishy than freshwater fish in my experience.

You are better off buying frozen fish than fresh fish in most places anyway. I like to catch my fish and freeze it the same day if I'm not cooking it right away. I thaw and cook it when I'm ready to use it.

I think I have attached a picture of a mahi mahi, as fresh as you can get it! It is called "dolphin fish" (mahi mahi is a better marketing ploy) and is one of the most beautiful fish in the water and lots of fun to catch too.

Lisa

 

[treebaby]

Great.....I just bought some mahi mahi and need preparation suggestions. Got any.....please?

Teresa

 

[Susank41]

This is my fav Mahi Mahi recipe!

Ginger Glazed Mahi Mahi

3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
1 clove garlic, crushed or to taste
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 (6 ounce) mahi mahi fillets
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil


DIRECTIONS
In a shallow glass dish, stir together the honey, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, ginger, garlic and olive oil. Season fish fillets with salt and pepper, and place them into the dish. If the fillets have skin on them, place them skin side down. Cover, and refrigerate for 20 minutes to marinate.
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove fish from the dish, and reserve marinade. Fry fish for 4 to 6 minutes on each side, turning only once, until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove fillets to a serving platter and keep warm.
Pour reserved marinade into the skillet, and heat over medium heat until the mixture reduces to a glaze consistently. Spoon glaze over fish, and serve immediately.

I found it at Allrecipes.com
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Ginger-Glazed-Mahi-Mahi/Detail.aspx

 

[treebaby]

Thank YOU!

 

[lrayburn]

Failproof Fish - Basic Recipe

My boyfriend owns and captain's a sportfishing charter boat so we eat A LOT of fish. This is our go-to technique for everything that used to swim :

If the filets are 1/2 inch or so, leave them whole; if they are thicker, cut them into medallions that are about 2 inches wide.

Liberally season the fish with lemon pepper seasoning (my favorite) or other seasoning of choice (poultry seasoning, seasoned salt, Lawry's, Old Bay, jerk seasoning, garlic salt, whatever). Salt if your seasoning isn't salted. You always need a little more seasoning and salt than you would initially think.

Put it on the preheated George Foreman grill for 3 minutes. Take it off and wrap it in tin foil for a couple of minutes. (If the filets are really thick, turn the grill off and leave the fish on it for a couple more minutes. If you are doing something really thin like flounder filets, check after 2 minutes.)

Enjoy.

We serve it over salad, eat it with rice and veggies, put it in tacos or burritos or let it cool and make fish salad out of it. We fix everything from tuna to dolphin to grouper this way and its fabulous. Everyone thinks I have some sort of special fish cooking skills.

Very rarely we will bake or fry fish and there are great recipes out there. But this is the perfect go-to technique for putting dinner on the table at night. And after you spend 10 hours on the boat fishing, you don't want to have to think or work to hard .

Lisa

 

[treebaby]

Very informative and helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.