one of my favorite fish is albacore, chicken of the sea. i took one home yesterday from my outing on lethal and being my first time cooking it had to settle for a recipe that works for any fish: thin strips marinated in lemon, lime and chilly sauce and lfash fried.
are there any ways that bring out the best in this fish? preferred ways of cooking it? the way i did it tends to overpower any fish, they end up all tasting the same.
one way i'd like to try is thick steaks seared on both sides and edges and a bit tar tar.
thats sounds pretty good si. actually it has lots of the flavours i like, cayenne, PAPRIKA, and the fruit juices. likely would work better then what i did cause the thickness of the steaks would let the centre of the flesh remain tuna tasting. cheers for that.
i'll give it a read bender, thanks.
Favourite way to eat albies is just cut into about 4cm cubes and tossed on the bbq so that they are seared on all sides but still pink in the middle. You can give them about 20 minutes in a mix of soy sauce and garlic first if you want to beef the flavour up a bit.
Second best is mix some braedcrumbs with freshly chopped corriander and some grated parmesan cheese. Whip up a couple of eggs. Dip your albie steaks into flour then egg then breadcumb mix, back into the egg and breadcrumbs again then fry in a good olive oil. But don't overcook! As soon as the breadcrumbs get a bit of golden brown whip em out.
This is making my mouth water, off home to cook some snapper.
I love all tunas cut into about one inch steaks and pan-fried. Lay steaks on a piece of kitchen towel and lightly sprinkle with pepper and italian seasoning. Heat up oil with a little chopped up garlic and shallots till it's sizzling then fry one side and then the other. Tuna cooks real fast, you'll literally see it cook before your eyes. Finish with a little soy sauce and finely sliced spring onions.
Of course there is also sashimi, albacore is a white meat tuna and ideal if you haven't tried a raw fish dish before.
cheers - dustin
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