Favorite condiment for fried fish...

[DitchPanda]

Hey all you fish eaters out there what are you shaking on or dipping in? Its getting to ice fishing season here which for me means fish consumption season...I spend almost all my open water time chasing bass so winter is pan fish harvest time.

[MN Fisher]

I don't fry fish - broil with a little salt and pepper...drizzle a little melted butter over it just before serving.

[bulldog1935]

At my house, if the fillets are big enough, grill (15" grill sautee pan, and a slot snook right out of the ice water - this is the only snook I've ever eaten, but had to try One, and everything written about their perfect flavor is correct)

a lot of my friends leave the skin on their redfish fillets to grill

 

Smaller fillets, speckled trout, I sautee them in butter on the stove for fish tacos

of course pico de gallo, but I also love a stripe of remoulade sauce on the fish

 

might be different if I could fry fish like Susie

- then I just like to squeeze lemon or lime and black pepper

[TnRiver46]

Malt vinegar last night. Hot sauce is also good 

[Jigfishn10]

I'm pretty easy, besides a little salt when they come out, a squeeze of lemon does it for me.

Those must have been some scrumptious tacos @bulldog1935

[bulldog1935]

yes friend, those spec fillets came right out of the ice water, too.  

I really don't like frozen fish, and usually bring home just what I want to eat, with ice floating over it.  

On extended fishing trips, camping, RV, canal house, we grill a lot

 

Here, my buddy poached redfish fillets in a cajun sauce - all my fishing buddies happen to be great chefs

 

[DitchPanda]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Malt vinegar last night. Hot sauce is also good 

I've tried a billion different condiments over the years but have settled on hot sauce and malt vinegar myself. Just looking to see if anybody has tried something I haven't thought of.

[Jig Man]

When I fry fish all I need is the other food group, ketchup.  I use all that other stuff for grilled, baked and smoked fish.

[Dwight Hottle]

I like my fried fish salted & peppered but skip the sauces. My wife likes hers with cocktail sauce. If I’m putting any sauce on its Tiger Hot sauce. 

[scaleface]

I  fry fish in Andys Red . 

[.ghoti.]

This:

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[Way north bass guy]

For some fish I like a good tartar sauce, but often I’ll just have a splash of lemon juice and maybe a bit of butter, and salt and pepper. 

[VolFan]

Malt vinegar is my first choice, hot sauce a close second. Im not above tarter sauce, but never ketchup. I should hang out with @DitchPanda and @TnRiver46

 

[Sam]

Mixture of half mayo and half ketchup.

 

Great with fried fish of all types.

 

Of course, you always use Tony Chachere's Seasoning Blend when cooking the fish.

[bulldog1935]

I mentioned above every fall or so, a gang of us will rent a canal house somewhere up the coast or on Arroyo Colorado in far south TX - and sometimes even a fishing shack if we don't bring women.  The pantries are usually loaded with left behind spices, and the refrigerators with left behind condiments.  

Seems every refrigerator we open at a fishy house has a half-dozen varieties of horseradish sauce.  

I get that because mentioned I like Remoulade sauce on my fish tacos, though with perfectly fried fish right out of the ice water bowl, really don't want to mask it with anything.  

Greek, Italian, Mexican sauces and fish preparations are also really good.  

A Rockport trip for us automatically means a trip to Los Comales for Mexican seafood.  Oils from garlic and onion naturally permeate the fish and bring whatever spices with them - a good creamy sauce on top...

and don't confuse S. Texas Mexican food with anything found north of S. Flores Street.  

 

[J Francho]

Homemade tarter sauce: mayo, dill relish, dill weed, onion and garlic powder, touch of red pepper powder.

[scaleface]

9 hours ago, J Francho said:

Homemade tarter sauce: mayo, dill relish, dill weed, onion and garlic powder, touch of red pepper powder.

I make my own also out of mayo , mustard and relish , that is all . I like Long John Silver tartar sauce and know the manager at ours . He gives it to me .

[ThatZX14Fella]

Lemon juice and hot sauce is all I need. Gotta have some type of alcohol to help wash it down.

[J Francho]

Mustard sounds like a good call. I might try that next time. 

[soflabasser]

The lower the quality the fish meat is the more you have to do to make it taste good. Salt, pepper, and lemon is enough for a fish with good tasting meat. 

[J Francho]

1 hour ago, soflabasser said:

The lower the quality the fish meat is the more you have to do to make it taste good. Salt, pepper, and lemon is enough for a fish with good tasting meat. 

That's true, but also VERY boring.  Just because good meat can stand on it's own doesn't mean it has to.

[Catt]

16 hours ago, Sam said:

Mixture of half mayo and half ketchup.

 

Great with fried fish of all types.

 

Of course, you always use Tony Chachere's Seasoning Blend when cooking the fish.

 

3 t0 1 Hellman's mayo & mustard, 3-4 drops Tabasco, Zatarain's Creole Seasoning...ketchup & horseradish optional.

 

Great with any type fish or fried chicken ?

[J Francho]

23 minutes ago, Catt said:

Zatarain's Creole Seasoning

[soflabasser]

35 minutes ago, J Francho said:

That's true, but also VERY boring.  Just because good meat can stand on it's own doesn't mean it has to.

 

I enjoy adding different seasonings to fish but still prefer to keep it simple with salt, pepper, and lemon. I find it very boring to eat freshwater fish with the exception of salmon which is very good. Walleye is supposed to be excellent tasting yet the one I cooked the same day I caught was nothing compared to most saltwater fish I keep. Hogfish, snapper, and dolphin are some of my favorite fish to eat.

[slonezp]

Nothing. I use a Louisiana spicy breading. No sauce.