Getting Started with Fish and Seafood
From About.com
If you're new to cooking fish and seafood, this is the place to start learning the basics of choosing, storing and cooking with fish, which can be as varied as the oceans are wide. Even if you're not so new at cooking seafood, this is the spot to brush up on the fundamentals.
Choosing the Best Fish and Seafood
As a cook, you can't do much with poor quality fish or seafood, so knowing how to choose the best is vital to your success. Here's where you'll learn about where to look, what to look for, and what to avoid.
- Choosing Fish: Read This First
- Buying Fish in a Supermarket
- Buying Seafood Online
- Frozen Can be Better than Fresh
- Buy American - It's Important
- Don't Buy These Fish
- Choosing Fish High in Healthy Omega-3s
- How to Choose Fish and Seafood for Sushi
Storing Your Fish
Once you've bought your fish, the path to a great meal is only just begun. If you are not cooking your puchase -- or catch -- immediately, you will want to learn these tips on how best to keep your seafood as fresh as it can be.
- Basics of Storing Fresh Fish and Seafood
- How to Properly Freeze Fish
- Handling Your Catch for the Table
Basic Cooking Techniques
These are a few things every seafood cook should know how to do: Things like filleting a fish, scaling a fish, searing a fish fillet, making fish stock, etc. Think of this section as the building blocks of being a skilled fish cook.
- How to Gut and Scale a Fish
- How to Fillet a Flatfish
- How to Sear a Fish Fillet
- Simple Fish Stock
- Basic Boiled Lobster
- How to Boil Crabs
- Picking the Meat Out of Crabs
- How to Grill a Whole Fish
- Basic Tempura Batter for Seafood
- Simple Beer Batter for Fish
- How to Pan Dress a Sand Dab or Small Flounder
Simple Seafood Recipes
These are some easy fish and seafood recipes for beginners or for anyone who is in a hurry or doesn't feel like something complex. That doesn't mean these recipes aren't tasty, it just means they're easy to make and often quick to cook.