Does anyone have a good california sheepshead recipe thats easy?
October 19, 2011 by Bass Fishing 101
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OK, I just came back from fishing and caught some pacific sheepshead, white fish, calico bass, red snapper, orange rockfish, blue perch, opal eye perch, brown perch, tree fish. I seperated them and stuck them in my freezer to portion sizes. My question is, does anyone have a simple good recipe that i can use on these rockfish? Im not cooking them all at the same time but just a general recipe thats easy, im a bit bored with the same garlic, dill,lemon, butter thing I always do. Tonight I plan to cook up the sheepshead,…..
Dude, Sheepshead is different from the other Rockfish. I definitely taste the Crab flavor. I would grill or broil Sheepshead brushed with butter. It would be good poached or steamed but not better.
I grew up in So.Cal. and really miss going out from Davy’s Locker in Newport Beach. All of the Rockfish are good broiled or grilled. The Perch I like dipped in egg wash and rolled in cornmeal and fried. Use some seasoning in the cornmeal. Old Bay, Cavender’s Greek Seasoning or one of the Cajun seasonings like Zatarain’s or Tony Cachere.
I would batter and deep or shallow fry.
You could make a potato topped fish pie. If it is a tasty fish like Blue Cod it will not need a lot of seasonings apart from a little salt. If it is more bland like Red Cod you may want to spice it up a little with some lemon pepper or something.