OWIE!

[eskimo2]

Growing up in Alaska, I grew up on halibut.  Broiling, steaming and pan frying were our most common ways of cooking it.  Beer batter is pretty awesome as well.

[SOB]

I stayed right on Galveston Bay for a few months last autumn.  Fresh redfish and catfish almost every night.  Fried oysters, shrimp, and scallops.
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I had fried oysters once, 'cause I like fried clam strips and I figured it must be similar.  Mistake.  Prior to that, I had thought it impossible for something to be both deep fried AND slimy at the same time.

[eagl]

Growing up in Alaska, I grew up on halibut.  Broiling, steaming and pan frying were our most common ways of cooking it.  Beer batter is pretty awesome as well.

I used a very simple batter (flour, salt, pepper, held on by first coating the fish with egg) and it came out ok, if a touch bland.  To cook it I just heated up some oil in a frying pan and cooked it until each side was a nice golden color.  The texture was a bit soft for my tastes but I think that's because the last time I had halibut it was grilled exactly right so it was flaky but still a touch firm.

I think maybe I over-cooked it or since it was shipped frozen, the meat may have been degraded enough that it will not cook up flaky but firm (like salmon and tuna steaks do).

[Airhead]

Get yourself a deep fat fryer. Make a Tempura or a beer batter, dip it and deep fat fry it very quickly on high heat. Also dip and cook small whole mushrooms too, this makes excellent finger food.

Oh wait- your fingers got burned, so finger food is out of the question...

Nevermind.

[SaburoS]

LOL Airhead!

Eagl, try steaming the fish. That should retain the flavor. Frying it kind of ruins the taste not to mention the added fat most of us don't need in our diet.

[eagl]

Eagl, try steaming the fish. That should retain the flavor. Frying it kind of ruins the taste not to mention the added fat most of us don't need in our diet.

I'll have to try that.  Halibut is so mild that I'd like to bring out a bit of the taste but mostly retain a pleasing texture.  Mushy fish belongs in cheap fish sticks.

[Mark Luper]

Eagle,

I enjoy cooking fish in a toaster oven I have. It is a bit energy ineficient but it uses less than warming up the big oven. What I like to do is place the halibut (or other fish such as salmon or tilapia) in a shallow pan that fits inside the toaster oven. I liberaly sprinkle the fish with lemon juice first then salt, pepper, and garlic powder. I then slice a large tomato and place the slices evenly over the fish followed by thin slices of a large onion. I cook it all at about 350 deg for 20 min. I then pull the pan and sprinkle the fish with some motzarella or other prefered grated cheeze. Return it to the oven for enough time to melt the cheeze then serve on a bed of rice.

Mark

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Eagle,

I enjoy cooking fish in a toaster oven I have. It is a bit energy ineficient but it uses less than warming up the big oven. What I like to do is place the halibut (or other fish such as salmon or tilapia) in a shallow pan that fits inside the toaster oven. I liberaly sprinkle the fish with lemon juice first then salt, pepper, and garlic powder. I then slice a large tomato and place the slices evenly over the fish followed by thin slices of a large onion. I cook it all at about 350 deg for 20 min. I then pull the pan and sprinkle the fish with some motzarella or other prefered grated cheeze. Return it to the oven for enough time to melt the cheeze then serve on a bed of rice.

Mark

that friggen sounds good

[AquaShrimp]

That does sound good!  The only modification I might make is to skip the cheese.  Sounds extremely healthy otherwise.

[eskimo2]

My dad used to cook fish (usually salmon, but sometimes halibut) in the dishwasher.  No kidding.  He’d wrap the fish in foil several times and run it through a regular cycle.  It would come out somewhere between steamed and baked.  It worked surprisingly well and came out quite “normal”.  The cool thing is that you can’t really overcook it/burn it and you can even set the dishwasher’s timer.  He did this several times with company; mostly just to see the reaction and as a conversation topic.  If you have little kids and have your water heater max temp set low, it probably wouldn’t work.