Pan Fried Bluefish With Spicy Tomato And Bacon Vinaigrette Recipes

PAN FRIED BLUEFISH RECIPE

Steps:

• Lightly rinse fish fillets and place on paper towel lined plate to drain.
• Setup your dredging station with flour, milk, cornmeal, each in separate containers.
• Dredge each fillet, one at a time, through the flour, coating both sides well.
• Dip into milk, coating both sides, place fillets side by side on a plate.
• Sprinkle fillets lightly with seasonings, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika.
• Dredge fillets, one at a time, through the cornmeal, coating both sides.
• Place coated fillets, side by side on a plate and let rest for about 5 minutes.
• Add about 1/2 inch to a skillet placed over medium to medium-high heat.
• Test oil for proper frying temperature by sprinkling a pinch of cornmeal into the oil. If it sinks to the bottom, oil is not hot enough. If the cornmeal "dances" across the top, oil is ready. If using a thermometer, oil should be at about 350º or slightly higher.
• Carefully add fillets, one at a time, into the hot oil. It's hot and may splatter so use caution.
• Add other fillets into the pan, one at a time but do not crowd the pan. They need room to cook.
• Cook fillets for about 2-3 minutes or until the bottom edges begin to slightly brown.
• Carefully turn each fillet and let cook another 1-2 minutes until done.
• Remove fillets from hot oil, place on a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
• Serve hot and enjoy!

PAN FRIED FISH

Steps:

• Heat a heavy pan over medium high heat.
• Season fish on meat side with salt and pepper. Lightly dredge fish in flour and shake off excess. When pan is good and hot, add Canola oil followed immediately by 1 tablespoon butter. As soon as foaming subsides, place fish in pan with the skin side down. Jiggle pan for the first 10 seconds to keep the fish from sticking. Cook until golden crust forms on meat. Carefully turn fish away from you and again jiggle pan for the first few seconds. Cook until skin turns golden brown. Remove to a warm plate.
• Pour out the cooking fat, add remaining butter and quickly fry the capers. Remove pan from the heat, add lemon juice to pan and swirl. Pour sauce over the fish and serve.

PAN-FRIED BLACKFISH FILLETS WITH WARM HERB VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Scrape off any remaining scales and season the fillets on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 to 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan or skillet over medium heat, using the smaller amount of oil for a nonstick pan. Add the fillets and adjust the heat according to their thickness. (The thicker the fillet the lower the heat.) If your pan is not large enough to hold all the fillets without overcrowding, saute them in two batches, adding more oil if necessary for the second batch. Cook the fillets for about 4 minutes altogether for a 1/2-inch-thick fillet, turning them halfway through the cooking time (or covering them if fragile), and transfer them to hot plates or a hot platter.
• Wipe the oil out of the pan with a paper towel and add the vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil and the herbs. Return the pan to the heat and bring the sauce to a rapid boil for half a minute. Remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste, spoon over the blackfish fillets and serve immediately.

BAKED BLUEFISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
• Trim all of the dark meat from the fillets. Rinse in cold water, dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine stuffing mix with boiling water and 1/2 cup melted butter.
• Cover a baking sheet with a lightly greased double thickness of aluminum foil. Spread stuffing mixture on top of foil. Place fillets on top of stuffing. Brush fillets with 2 tablespoons melted butter and sprinkle with minced onions. Top with dill springs and crimp together edges of tin foil to seal.
• Bake on center self of preheated oven for 10 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake for an additional 60 minutes.

PAN-FRIED TROUT WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Crumble bacon. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons drippings from skillet. Add 1 tablespoon butter and stir to melt. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Coat flesh side of fish with flour; shake off excess. Add fish, flesh side down, to skillet. Cook 2 minutes. Turn fish over. Cook until just opaque in center, about 2 minutes. Transfer fish to 2 plates. Pour off drippings from skillet; wipe skillet clean. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add all but 2 tablespoons onions; sauté 3 minutes. Stir in bacon, lemon juice, capers, and tarragon. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over fish. Sprinkle fish with 2 tablespoons green onions.

ARTICHOKES WITH TOMATO-BACON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• With a serrated knife cut artichoke stems flush with bottoms. Cut off and discard top inch from artichokes. In a saucepan cover artichokes with salted water and bring to a boil. Simmer artichokes, covered, until just tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While artichokes are cooking, coarsely chop bacon and in a skillet cook over moderate heat, stirring, until golden. With a slotted spoon transfer bacon to paper towels. Halve and seed tomatoes and cut into 1/4-inch dice. Finely chop shallot and capers. In a bowl combine lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Whisk in oil in a slow stream until emulsified and add bacon, tomatoes, shallot, and capers.
• Drain artichokes upside down on a rack and arrange each on a plate. Separating leaves slightly, drizzle vinaigrette between leaves and onto plates.

PAN-FRIED FISH WITH BACON-MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• For Bacon-Mushroom Sauce:.
• Put bacon & onion in a sml saucepan over med-heat. Stir constantly & cook for 2 min or till onion is soft.
• Add cream, shallots & cornstarch blended w/water. Stir constantly till mixture boils & begins to thicken.
• Add mushrooms, simmer for 1 min & set aside.
• For Fish Fillets:.
• Dredge fish fillets in flour & shake off any excess (I just shake them gently in a sml plastic bag filled w/the flour).
• Heat butter in a lrg frying pan, add fish in a single layer & cook over med-heat for about 4 min on ea side or till fish is tender.
• To Serve: Spoon sauce equally over ea fish fillet & serve immediately (I also sprinkle the final assembly w/fresh parsley & a few capers).
• NOTE: If the sauce becomes thicker than desired, warm gently over low heat & add sml amts of milk or cream to thin it to your desired consistency.

PAN-FRIED BLUEFISH WITH SPICY TOMATO AND BACON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a medium nonreactive bowl, mix the tomatoes with 1/2 tsp each salt and black pepper and the sugar and let rest about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, fry the bacon, stirring often, until rendered and crisp, about 5 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Set aside. Add 1 1/2 tbsp rendered bacon fat (discard the rest and wipe the skillet clean) to the tomatoes, then add red pepper flakes, cumin, garlic, vinegar, 1/2 tsp salt, and black pepper to taste, and stir to mix. Vigorously stir in 2 tbsp of oil, and set aside. Place the flour in shallow dish; dredge the fish fillets and season with salt and black pepper. Add the remaining 2 tbsp of oil to the skillet, return it to medium-high heat, and heat until the oil ripples. Cook the fish until lightly browned and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Remove the fish to a platter; add the bacon to the vinaigrette and stir to blend, if necessary. Spoon the vinaigrette over the fish, sprinkle with parsley, and serve at once.