[I Are Baboon]

Frozen cod fillets were buy one, get two free at Big Y. I'd like to grill some tonight, but I'm not a very experience fish griller.

Anyone have any quick and easy recipes/suggestions for grilling this cod? And I plan to grill it tonight, so hurry the hell up with the suggestions.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Narlus would be good for this thread, but the selfish s.o.b. had to go to Florida this week.

 

[SkaredShtles]

IMO you should deep-fry it.

 

[I Are Baboon]

IMO you should deep-fry it.

Tell you what, I'll get the fryer going and when it finally gets good and hot, you stick your head in it.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Tell you what, I'll get the fryer going and when it finally gets good and hot, you stick your head in it.

I'd bet deep fried human head would be tasty.......

 

[SkaredShtles]

We had some of this in Norway and it was the $hit:

http://www.recipeatlas.com/norwegianrecipes/bergensfiskesupperecipe.html

 

[I Are Baboon]

I'd bet deep fried human head would be tasty.......

Really, anything tastes good fried.

We had some of this in Norway and it was the $hit:

http://www.recipeatlas.com/norwegianrecipes/bergensfiskesupperecipe.html

Hmmmm...I wonder how that would grill.

 

[DirtyDog]

Bake it with a few strips of bacon on top of the fish. Serious.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Bake it with a few strips of bacon on top of the fish. Serious.

How could you go wrong?! Excellent advice.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Really, anything tastes good fried.


Hmmmm...I wonder how that would grill.

It'd probably be ok as long as the grill grates were really close together.

 

[narlus]

grilling fish, for me anyway, is limited to fish who have very tight grain structure to their meat, if that makes sense. ie, stuff like salmon, tuna, swordfish. otherwise, it will fall and flake apart when you turn it (unless you have one of those gay baskets). alternatively, you can wrap the fish in foil and cook it that way (but it doesn't see direct flame, so why bother and just not use the oven?). actually, i've done that w/ whole sea bass and it works well (stuff the cavity w/ onion or fennel and lemon slices, adding in S&P and herbs, then double-pouch and grill).

for cod, i'd either roast it or do a pan-roast (cook it on the stovetop 1st, then transfer to a hot oven to finish). make a sauce (something like olives, capers and tomatoes would rock).

 

[N8 v2.0]

Not too sure I would find cod tasty... is it?

 

[SkaredShtles]

Not too sure I would find cod tasty... is it?

It's a very mild whitefish. It makes excellent fish-n-chips.

 

[narlus]

Bake it with a few strips of bacon on top of the fish. Serious.

pet peeve...if you are cooking sweets in the oven, you are BAKING. if you are cooking meats in the oven, you are ROASTING.

 

[SkaredShtles]

pet peeve...if you are cooking sweets in the oven, you are BAKING. if you are cooking meats in the oven, you are ROASTING.

Baked cod kicks ass.

 

[OGRipper]

pet peeve...if you are cooking sweets in the oven, you are BAKING. if you are cooking meats in the oven, you are ROASTING.

Sweets include bread? Ahh never mind, I forgot the second rule of fight club: Never try to rationalize a pet peeve.

But yeah Cod is usually too delicate to take well to grilling. The char will overwhelm the taste and it will most likely fall apart if you don't have a fish basket. (Which, BTW, are pretty handy notwithstanding Narlus' comment, especially when cooking for a group.)

I think the bacon or pancetta wrap and pan roasting is a great idea.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Well I took narlus's advice and just put the cod in some tin foil and threw in on the grill. I didn't have a lot of time to prep, so I just threw some spices, olive oil, and lemon juice on it. It worked. The cod was pretty good. Nothing like a 180 calorie dinner.

I still have two more packages of the frozen cod, so I'll try some of your bacon and non-bacon suggestions here in the near future. Thanks for the helps, s.

 

[I Are Baboon]

(unless you have one of those gay baskets).

I have one of these baskets: It makes for awesome shrimp and chopped vegetable grilling. Hater.

 

[narlus]

the meat/pastry combo would swing into the pastry side, so BAKING is an appropriate action.

 

[kidwoo]

the meat/pastry combo would swing into the pastry side, so BAKING is an appropriate action.

What about some contaminated brake pads sitting next to a nice custard pie topped with a pork chop?

 

[narlus]

BROASTING. i think.

 

[Westy]

What about some contaminated brake pads sitting next to a nice custard pie topped with a pork chop?

And people think I am weird for referring to my dishwasher as a partwasher.

 

[TreeSaw]

I made cod last week too! I roasted mine in the oven with a bit of olive oil, garlic, onion and lemon. Took it out and topped it with some salsa and montery jack cheese and roasted it for about 10 more minutes. Tasty! I served it with a side of vegetable couscous and a glass of merlot.

 

[Qman]

alternatively, you can wrap the fish in foil and cook it that way (but it doesn't see direct flame, so why bother and just not use the oven?).
for cod, i'd either roast it or do a pan-roast (cook it on the stovetop 1st, then transfer to a hot oven to finish). make a sauce (something like olives, capers and tomatoes would rock).

Fish always gets cooked outside at our house unless it's seared scallops or beer boiled shrimp. If you leave the foil open you still get some of the smoke flavor to the fish....kinda like making your own gay basket.
That sauce sounds pretty good.
Here in Seattle, there's a place on the waterfront where you can get smoked fish and chips. Smoked cod and chips (giant potato wedges) and a glass of Sam Adams is one of my favorite lunches. The place has been there for as long as I can remember....30 plus years?
It's called 'The Salmon Cooker'.
Stay away from 'Steamers' (like that name makes anything sound appetizing) and Ivar's is just 'ok' if you're into deep fried f & c.