OWIE!

[eagl]

I find that the pleasure of eating lightly breaded and seasoned pan-fried halibut is diminished a great deal when you manage to splash boiling cooking oil on two fingers during the cooking process

Anyone have any good (and reasonably simple) recipies for halibut filets that does not require hot oil?  I would like to enjoy my meal next time.

[AquaShrimp]

There is a cajun sauce that you marinate fish in, and it completely eliminates any fishy taste, along with adding an awesome flavor.  This cajun seasoning sauce turns the fish red, I'm trying to find the recipe for it. 

Edit: I found the name of it- McCormick® Golden Dipt® Cajun Style Marinade.

[majic]

Use tongs.

 

[DoNKeY]

Buy wifey a nice new car and ask her to do it??

donkey

[68ZooM]

Soak'em in cider 

[AquaShrimp]

That is fuggin gross.

[eagl]

There is a cajun sauce that you marinate fish in, and it completely eliminates any fishy taste, along with adding an awesome flavor.  This cajun seasoning sauce turns the fish red, I'm trying to find the recipe for it. 

Edit: I found the name of it- McCormick® Golden Dipt® Cajun Style Marinade.

I suppose that would work with fish that tasted like, well, fish...  But halibut is really mild so any seasoning has to bring out the taste, not hide it.  I had some really good blackened grilled halibut several years back, but it was in an expensive restaurant in Alaska so I can't just run out and ask how they made it.  It was so good though, I'll probably spend a non-trivial portion of the remainder of my life trying to replicate the recipe and cooking method.

[SD67]

use less oil?

[SaburoS]

I find that the pleasure of eating lightly breaded and seasoned pan-fried halibut is diminished a great deal when you manage to splash boiling cooking oil on two fingers during the cooking process

Anyone have any good (and reasonably simple) recipies for halibut filets that does not require hot oil?  I would like to enjoy my meal next time.

Cooking FRESH Halibut is not as good as eating it raw.
Hirame sashimi dipped in soy sauce with a little wasabi and eaten with steamed short grain white rice...Oh man, that's good!

[eagl]

Cooking FRESH Halibut is not as good as eating it raw.
Hirame sashimi dipped in soy sauce with a little wasabi and eaten with steamed short grain white rice...Oh man, that's good!

I live in North Texas...  I don't think there is a live or fresh halibut anywhere within 1000 miles.  That makes for a loooong trip for groceries.

[john9001]

Soak'em in cider 

the fish or the fingers?

[C(Sea)Bass]

I live in North Texas...  I don't think there is a live or fresh halibut anywhere within 1000 miles.  That makes for a loooong trip for groceries.

probably 2000 miles. The vast majority of halibut landings are in Alaska.

[Maverick]

Darnit Saburo you just made me hungry!!!! Sushi isn't that popular here in South Central Louisiana.

[Jackal1]

Eagl don`t give up on the oil. Grab yourself a frying basket the next time your shopping.
I believe hot oil/grease are magnetically attracted to fingers.

[AquaShrimp]

I stayed right on Galveston Bay for a few months last autumn.  Fresh redfish and catfish almost every night.  Fried oysters, shrimp, and scallops.  Was in a seafood lovers paradise. 

But now I'm in Kentucky.  The only fish I can get are the disgusting farmed raised catfish (raised on pellets and their own waste), or fish that were caught weeks ago and frozen into blocks.  Needless to say, some pretty strong techniques are needed to cover up, rather than enhance the flavor.  Frying has been a favorite method of mine, but strong marinates are gaining popularity with me. 

There are two big problems with fish.  The first is that the decomposition process produces ammonia.  The second is that in smaller fish, their stressful deaths lead to the formation of lactic acid.  I forget the exact mechanism by which this alters the flavor, but I think it hastens the decomposition process.