Thread: Whiting Recipes

Does anyone have any method of cooking whiting fillets other than pan or deep frying? I've found some frozen fillets on the market and would like to try them. The wife and I are wanting to shed a few pounds, so I am curious about broiling, baking ,grilling the fillets.

I personally do not like whiting fried. Makes the meat too toughly textured.

I prefer steaming or smoking them. You can do both with an Orion cooker.

Steaming or baking in the oven works fine for a quick finish though.

Steamed is the most healthy choice as well.

Never tried steamed fish, onlt clams and shellfish. They'll work ok in a broiler pan shouldn't they? That is the route I had decided on using.

[size=12pt] Whiting are also good grilled.
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Never tried steamed fish, onlt clams and shellfish. They'll work ok in a broiler pan shouldn't they? That is the route I had decided on using.
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Yes. That should work fine. Once you steam whiting, speck, macks, mullet, and bluefish, you'll have a tough time turning back. Although, bluefish is still best dry smoked with apple wood chips imo.

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Does anyone have any method of cooking whiting fillets other than pan or deep frying? I've found some frozen fillets on the market and would like to try them. The wife and I are wanting to shed a few pounds, so I am curious about broiling, baking ,grilling the fillets.
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Which market? If they were not from a local seafood market and came from your regular supermarket, they are not the same fish as we call "whiting" wand catch in the Gulf.
Frozen "Whiting" in the supermarket is from the northern pacific, around alaska. Completely different fish, related to cod & pollack I believe.. Our "whiting" are in the drum family.
In either case, baked fish is good, just put on some melted butter, a dash of salt & pepper, and bake in a hot oven until done. Dont overcook!!!!

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[quote author=onceretired link=topic=447.msg4024#msg4024 date=1325808513]
Does anyone have any method of cooking whiting fillets other than pan or deep frying? I've found some frozen fillets on the market and would like to try them. The wife and I are wanting to shed a few pounds, so I am curious about broiling, baking ,grilling the fillets.
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Which market? If they were not from a local seafood market and came from your regular supermarket, they are not the same fish as we call "whiting" wand catch in the Gulf.
Frozen "Whiting" in the supermarket is from the northern pacific, around alaska. Completely different fish, related to cod & pollack I believe.. Our "whiting" are in the drum family.
In either case, baked fish is good, just put on some melted butter, a dash of salt & pepper, and bake in a hot oven until done. Dont overcook!!!!
[/quote]Thanks CarlF, I found these in the frozen seafood section at the local wally-world and it piqued my interest. There is a small illustration of the fish on the package with the description of the range of habitat. That range includes the Atlantic seaboard but doesn't mention the Gulf of Mexico, so I'm betting they are most likely cod or haddock. Haven't tried them as yet.

Atlantic Seaboard, that is interesting. I bet its red of silver hake. Good stuff, tastes more like Cod.

May be off topic somewhat, but does anyone remember H.Salt Fish & Chips? I haven't seen one in years, but they used to fry up some good fish fillets and chips. They advertised North Atlantic Cod as the fish of choice. Pretty good eating, especially with a liberal application of malt vinegar.