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Baked Bluefish with Bacon Easy Recipe.
Bluefish should be eaten very fresh. Look for flesh with a deep, rich color with a firm texture. Bluefish soft-textured, moist flesh is dark and has a high oil content, making it quick to spoil. When concentrated, fish oils can create a strong fishy flavor. Bring the kosher salt, water, and herbs to a boil, simmer five minutes, then let cool. Pour brining mixture over the fish in a glass or stainless steel container, and refrigerate for one hour. Drain and pat dry with a paper towel before cooking. This will improve the texture of bluefish and will lighten the flavor as well as retain the oils that confer the full health benefits associated with eating fish.
Baked Bluefish Recipe - Recipe how to bake whole bluefish with yellow onion, fresh parsley, fresh thyme, and sliced bacon.
Ingredients:
- 1 whole fresh Bluefish, (5 to 8 pounds), cleaned
- 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and sliced
- 1 small bunch fresh parsley, stems trimmed
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 pound sliced bacon
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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Serves/Makes: 8 - 10
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How to cook Baked Bluefish with Bacon:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Finely dice 6 thick slices of bacon and thinly slice two lemons set both aside.
- Lay a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil, 6 inches longer than the whole bluefish, on a work surface.
- Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of coarse salt down the center of the foil, then lay half the lemon slices on the salt.
- Scatter a handful of parsley and thyme sprigs and 1 sliced, peeled yellow onion on the herbs.
- Cover the whole bluefish with the remaining bacon, then lemon slices. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons coarse salt.
- Cover with foil, rolling and crimping edges to seal.
- Bake in oven for 30 minutes.
Notes:
The quality of the flesh, and thus its flavor, is the best if the bluefish is gutted and iced as soon as possible after capture. Remove the dark, oily strip that runs down its center before cooking to avoid a fishy taste.
This recipe for Baked Bluefish with Bacon serves/makes: 8 - 10. It is delicious, simple, and very affordable dish.
Main Ingredient: Bluefish
Preparation Method: Baked
How to clean Bluefish:
Scale the fish by placing it in the sink under cold running water. Grasp the fish firmly by the gills and scrape off scales with a fish scaler or small, dull knife. Using short strokes, work from the tail to the head.
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