Grilled Whole Fish - Food Wishes
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Date: 2025-05-31
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briankepner7569
Fresh trout: catch a decent fish. Got it Make sure the gills are out. Then you make an envelope of aluminum foil of which you put a piece of bacon on each side of the fish preferably peppery bacon that smoked and a pad of butter on both sides as well. Can add peppers or anything else you want in there included cayenne pepper because you know for your health well actually leave that out this isn't a case for cayenne pepper.
Insert nifty bit of rhyming humor here that shows up just how intelligent you are but you're still talking about cooking fish.
Basically you have a small fire doesn't have to be huge probably 6 in in diameter of wood that's mostly burned down of course in my polls you took your one two or three fishing making sure they're not close to each other because you want even heat. Over a few minutes you need to keep an eye and ear on that fish as it cooks if the package that you have sealed puffs and blows open you just need to turn it shut again. Now as it cooks the steam from the butter will start coming out and after maybe 2 minutes after the last bit of butter steam ends that's time to take the fish off you'll have a caramelized fish skin and a well-cooked trout. And there's nothing like fresh trout up in the woods as a reward for your day official
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Fresh trout: catch a decent fish. Got it Make sure the gills are out. Then you make an envelope of aluminum foil of which you put a piece of bacon on each side of the fish preferably peppery bacon that smoked and a pad of butter on both sides as well. Can add peppers or anything else you want in there included cayenne pepper because you know for your health well actually leave that out this isn't a case for cayenne pepper.
Insert nifty bit of rhyming humor here that shows up just how intelligent you are but you're still talking about cooking fish.
Basically you have a small fire doesn't have to be huge probably 6 in in diameter of wood that's mostly burned down of course in my polls you took your one two or three fishing making sure they're not close to each other because you want even heat. Over a few minutes you need to keep an eye and ear on that fish as it cooks if the package that you have sealed puffs and blows open you just need to turn it shut again. Now as it cooks the steam from the butter will start coming out and after maybe 2 minutes after the last bit of butter steam ends that's time to take the fish off you'll have a caramelized fish skin and a well-cooked trout. And there's nothing like fresh trout up in the woods as a reward for your day official
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foodwishes
I'm Asian. It took a few before I realized other people grill sliced fish. We only do whole, unless it's a huge fish. In Thailand, they don't scale the fish, cover it with rock salt, grill it that way. You remove salt and scale when cooked. Scallions and lemongrass in cavity. Tastes amazing.
Here in my country, we sometimes wrap it in banana leaves or foil, put slices tomatoes and onions inside. Best marinade for tuna is soy sauce, calamansi (or lime or lemon, lots of garlic, and Sprite or 7-up.
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I'm Asian. It took a few before I realized other people grill sliced fish. We only do whole, unless it's a huge fish. In Thailand, they don't scale the fish, cover it with rock salt, grill it that way. You remove salt and scale when cooked. Scallions and lemongrass in cavity. Tastes amazing.
Here in my country, we sometimes wrap it in banana leaves or foil, put slices tomatoes and onions inside. Best marinade for tuna is soy sauce, calamansi (or lime or lemon, lots of garlic, and Sprite or 7-up.
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foodwishes
Looks like a good recipe using trout as well. I like trout because it doesn't need scaling. Your seasonings sounds like a great combo. A nicely grilled fish will have even the fins crispy and tasty, kind of like a potatoe chip in texture. Thanks for the video, now I need to find branzino at the market to purchase.
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Looks like a good recipe using trout as well. I like trout because it doesn't need scaling. Your seasonings sounds like a great combo. A nicely grilled fish will have even the fins crispy and tasty, kind of like a potatoe chip in texture. Thanks for the video, now I need to find branzino at the market to purchase.
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ericchapman8956
Im down at the pond out back of the property with a 10 dollar walmart rod sitting on the tailgate of my truck cleaning a monster crappie i caught on a clearance rack spinner getting ready to put it on a 20 dollar walmart grill just like Chef John's and now I don't feel so lower class lol thanks Chef!
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Im down at the pond out back of the property with a 10 dollar walmart rod sitting on the tailgate of my truck cleaning a monster crappie i caught on a clearance rack spinner getting ready to put it on a 20 dollar walmart grill just like Chef John's and now I don't feel so lower class lol thanks Chef!
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karenstephens8788
Yeah, but wouldn’t it be more FUN for you and your wife to eat that fish in the truest form of the N&A show If it’s out in your backyard, it would have to be pitch dark if your neighbors are close by.
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Yeah, but wouldn’t it be more FUN for you and your wife to eat that fish in the truest form of the N&A show If it’s out in your backyard, it would have to be pitch dark if your neighbors are close by.
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AlteredCarbons
i wish i had friends who liked fish, i love fish but in PA and my area of NY its not easy to get good fresh fish but this looks awesome, and im sooooo glad you talked about the cheek and tail parts my fav!
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i wish i had friends who liked fish, i love fish but in PA and my area of NY its not easy to get good fresh fish but this looks awesome, and im sooooo glad you talked about the cheek and tail parts my fav!
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yvonnesmith2578
Thank you Chef John for showing us how to grill a whole fish. It’s something I have always wanted to try but didn’t feel confident in doing. After watching this video, I’m going to make it!
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Thank you Chef John for showing us how to grill a whole fish. It’s something I have always wanted to try but didn’t feel confident in doing. After watching this video, I’m going to make it!
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TotallyTurnip
No matter which fish you find & choose, you are after all is the King Triton of tryin'.
Since I have no BBQ grill, can this recipe (or technique) work in the oven whether you bake or broil it
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No matter which fish you find & choose, you are after all is the King Triton of tryin'.
Since I have no BBQ grill, can this recipe (or technique) work in the oven whether you bake or broil it
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Not_a_smart_man
I know people have even saying it for years but I STILL can’t watch chef johns videos because of his deliberate vocal fry cadence. I’ll follow all his written allrecipes site though
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I know people have even saying it for years but I STILL can’t watch chef johns videos because of his deliberate vocal fry cadence. I’ll follow all his written allrecipes site though
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foodwishes
Chef John, I tried to make it to the end of the video, honest I did. But I just didn't make it. I have an amazingly weak constitution for a nurse. You lost me when you stuffed the inside.
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Chef John, I tried to make it to the end of the video, honest I did. But I just didn't make it. I have an amazingly weak constitution for a nurse. You lost me when you stuffed the inside.
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lhfirex
Chef John probably doesn't do requests, but I'd really like some marinade recipes. Even a compilation of old videos for one of those weeks where you don't feel like giving us new recipes!
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Chef John probably doesn't do requests, but I'd really like some marinade recipes. Even a compilation of old videos for one of those weeks where you don't feel like giving us new recipes!
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because-strudels
As a Korean I love whole grilled fish. When I think of a tantalizing meal, I don't think of a steak. I think of a whole, tender, flaky grilled fish. With rice of course
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As a Korean I love whole grilled fish. When I think of a tantalizing meal, I don't think of a steak. I think of a whole, tender, flaky grilled fish. With rice of course
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caesarsalad77
I had some fantastic grilled sardines at a restaurant, and ever since then I've been interested in figuring out how to do a whole fish myself. Just in time chef!
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I had some fantastic grilled sardines at a restaurant, and ever since then I've been interested in figuring out how to do a whole fish myself. Just in time chef!
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brian5728
I literally had whole grilled branzino at a good Turkish restaurant in Mountain View just last weekend. Now you are doing a video about it. Wierd.
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I literally had whole grilled branzino at a good Turkish restaurant in Mountain View just last weekend. Now you are doing a video about it. Wierd.
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sonnykay3594
I could imagine how tasty it's, I've tried grilled sardines in Spain a few years ago, I'll tell you, I can not forget that tast, I loved it.
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I could imagine how tasty it's, I've tried grilled sardines in Spain a few years ago, I'll tell you, I can not forget that tast, I loved it.
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l-wolverine2211
Red Snapper, Sea Bass, Flounder, & Rainbow Trout can work just as well.
They even work great in a Salt-Grill application.
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Red Snapper, Sea Bass, Flounder, & Rainbow Trout can work just as well.
They even work great in a Salt-Grill application.
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