Healthy Bass Recipes...

[jmed999]

Well I have been frying a good bit of largemouth bass lately but I'm ready for some healthy choices. If you have a baked, broiled, grilled or other healthy recipe for bass please post them here.

My heart says, "Thanks"....lol!!!

[IneedAnewScreenName-972354]

I put a piece of aluminum foil on the grill and place some seasoned filets on it. I am from south Louisiana so I use good ole Tony Chachere's for seasoning. Put it in the frig for a couple of hours before I am ready to cook it.

[.ghoti.]

I do what Biteit does regularly. Experiment with different seasonings. Fresh squeezed lemon, fresh ground pepper and a little olive oil are nice.

Here's an unusual recipe. Takes a little extra work, but is very good.

Make a paste: mince a some fresh garlic and fresh ginger as fine as you can get it. Add a little course kosher salt, then using the edge of your knife mash and chop it into a fine paste. Thin it a brush-able consistency with water and a little bit of rice wine vinegar. Let this set for the flavors to develope.

You can use a whole gutted and scaled fish for this. Season the inside of the fish with salt and pepper and add a few thin lemon slices and a couple of scallions. Place in a steamer basket, and steam until the fish just turns opaque.

When the fish is nearly done heat a small amount of peanut oil to just below the catch on fire point.

Place the fish on a serving platter with several layers of paper towel under it. Get it dry, then brush on the garlic/ginger mix.

Either put the platter in the sink or take it outside. Get a small ladle or large spoon and drizzle the smoking hot oil over the seasoned fish. It's going to splatter some, so be careful. Allow the oil to drain and serve.

This also works with fillets, just don't over steam them. It is easy to do.

An alternative that works nearly as well when a steamer is not available is this.

Get a pot of water boiling large enough to hold all the fillets, with enough water to cover them. Add salt, pepper, lemon and scallions and allow to cook while you're getting the fillets ready.

Remove the pot from the heat and gently place the fillets in the water. Do not put the pot back on the fire. If the water boils after you add the fillets you will not have fillets, you will have fish soup. When they turn opaque resume the previous recipe from that point on.

I know this sounds weird, but it is delicious.

[slonezp]

Don't know how healthy this is but Take a largemouth bass filet, ( I assume it would work with any type of "white" fish) and marinate it in melted butter with 2 cloves of pressed garlic for about 15 minutes. Put it on a baking sheet and pour the remainder of the garlic butter on top. Ground up a little bit of black pepper on top of that. Then cover it with any brand Italian style 4 cheese blend cheese. Crush up some potato chips on top and baked it on 400 for 20 minutes.

DEEEEEELICIOUS!

[Bob C]

Don't know how healthy this is but Take a largemouth bass filet, ( I assume it would work with any type of "white" fish) and marinate it in melted butter with 2 cloves of pressed garlic for about 15 minutes. Put it on a baking sheet and pour the remainder of the garlic butter on top. Ground up a little bit of black pepper on top of that. Then cover it with any brand Italian style 4 cheese blend cheese. Crush up some potato chips on top and baked it on 400 for 20 minutes.

DEEEEEELICIOUS!

There can't possibly be anything left resembling a fish with all of that on it and certainly nothing healthy.

[chromedog]

Healthy, what is healthy, lol. I can't think of anything other than fillet the fish, cut in chunks, deep fry with Shore Lunch eat it with some hot sauce and cole slaw. Dammit, now I am hungry.

[J Francho]

Poach it. Drop a couple of lemons, halved with the juices squeezed into the water, and some stalks of dried Rosemary in the water as well. Steam until cooked. Start a bechamel sauce (butter, flower, skim milk), and add a couple of tablespoons of that poaching water once you've got a rue. Season with black pepper and Rosemary. Serve the fish on a bed of rice, sauce poured over the top, and some steamed green beans or asparagus on the side.

[IneedAnewScreenName-972354]

Does this thread make anyone else hungry when they read it?

Very good recipes!

[Boadie]

I was able to fight off the hunger pains untill;

"Don't know how healthy this is but Take a largemouth bass filet, ( I assume it would work with any type of "white" fish) and marinate it in melted butter with 2 cloves of pressed garlic for about 15 minutes. Put it on a baking sheet and pour the remainder of the garlic butter on top. Ground up a little bit of black pepper on top of that. Then cover it with any brand Italian style 4 cheese blend cheese. Crush up some potato chips on top and baked it on 400 for 20 minutes.

DEEEEEELICIOUS!"

B*&^!@$!!

[Dwight Hottle]

I haven't eaten any bass since I was a kid but do eat a few walleye when they grab my bass offerings. I love fried fish in peanut oil but also enjoy them grilled. Take a fillet & rub it with olive oil & season with greek seasoning. Also you can try rubbing the fillets with mayonnaise & then seasoning. Gives the fish a smokey flavor.

[RAMBLER]

Fillet the fish, off of the skeleton, but leave the skin and scales on. Rub the meat with a little olive oil, sprinkle with mediterranean basil leaves, put just a couple of rings of onion and a very little tomatoe on the fillet. Put it on a grill, on high, and close the lid. Check it once in a while and when the center of the fillet is flakey, (done) take it off. The meat will slide off of the skin and the scales/skin won't stick to the grill. You can spray the grill with Pam, first just to make sure it doesn't stick. Absolutely the best tasting fish I cook and definetly the healthiest. By the way, the onion and tomatoe is just for flavoring of the fish, not really good to eat.

[bayouXpress]

fillet the bass.

coat with some fat free butter, then marinate in fat free italian dressin and a touch of mustard for 1 day.

Then the only seasoning you need is Paul Prudhomme's Blackened Redfish magic. Coat the fillets on each side and cook on an electric grill in the house.

its the only way I cook them.

[George Welcome]

Healthy recipe for bass:

The healthiest recipe for bass starts when they are freshly caught. First and of most importance is carefully remove the hook. Next hold the bass by the tail with an extended arm over the side of the boat and remove any grass from its mouth. Then carefully open your hand and let the bass drop softly into the water. Now you can stop worrying about mercury levels, toxic fertilizer runoff, and after preparation clean-up.

[james 14]

Don't know how healthy this is but Take a largemouth bass filet, ( I assume it would work with any type of "white" fish) and marinate it in melted butter with 2 cloves of pressed garlic for about 15 minutes. Put it on a baking sheet and pour the remainder of the garlic butter on top. Ground up a little bit of black pepper on top of that. Then cover it with any brand Italian style 4 cheese blend cheese. Crush up some potato chips on top and baked it on 400 for 20 minutes. DEEEEEELICIOUS!

Geez I can literally HEAR you getting fatter!

Name that movie.

[JIGFISHERMAN.]

Geez I can literally HEAR you getting fatter!

Name that movie.

Tommy Boy

[jmed999]

Back to recipes....

[Bob C]

I prefer to deep fry in peanut oil. If you get the oil to temp before you drop it in, the fish doesn,t absorb the oil. I use Drakes and replace the water with beer. It makes a light crispy coating. Sometimes keeping it simple is best.