Fillet or Not?

[Seth]

I've made fish patties out of my trout the past few times I have had them. They were good. I just bake them in the oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes until they flake, mince them up, mix everything together and make patties. That works well for frozen trout too since they tend to get a bit mushy after being frozen. There are plenty of fish patty recipes out there. Just pic one and give it a whirl.

I'm surprised so many dislike the taste of trout. My fiance isn't much of a fish eater and even she likes my baked trout. Olive oil, lemon pepper or Old Bay on both sides, slice of bacon on top of fillet, wrap in foil, bake at 350 for 15 minutes, open top of foil and broil till bacon is good and crispy. They are decent even without bacon, but of course as good as with.

[Seth]

13 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Not enough man, not enough.  They are the worst to try tp pick too.  Give me a duck breast filet.  Turkey same way.  You will never hear about me doing anything with a wild turkey other than breasting it out, making strips and then quick fry.  Turkey legs are for at the fair where somebody else does all the work.

I've always been the same way, but I did keep some legs from a jake I got last spring and made some turkey and dumplings. They were freakin delicious! The fiance couldn't get over how dark the leg meat was though so I had it all to myself. 😁

[oneshot]

My wife takes meat from Turkey Legs tenderize them Breads and fry them. Considering I don’t have teeth they are plenty tender.

We get 6 meals out of a Turkey.

Trout I fillet leave skin on roll in cornmeal and flour and fry.

oneshot

[Basfis]

1 hour ago, oneshot said:

My wife takes meat from Turkey Legs tenderize them Breads and fry them. Considering I don’t have teeth they are plenty tender.

We get 6 meals out of a Turkey.

Trout I fillet leave skin on roll in cornmeal and flour and fry.

oneshot

Revelation per day. Hang in there 

[rps]

On 1/7/2020 at 11:22 AM, Mitch f said:

My Chinese family members consider it a waste to fillet a fish. “You’ve ruined it” . They insist the bones add flavor.

Hard to argue with family members.

[rps]

Any fish farmed will taste like Purina fish chow. Tilapia even worse. Silver bullet trout just dumped in the river taste that way. The only trout or salmon worth eating are so wild their meat is deep orange.

I fillet, but if I want a stock, I keep the bones, minus the guts and gills and the fins and tail and eye balls, and use that as the base.

BTW, on larger fish, be sure you take the fish cheeks. Walleye fish cheeks are superb.

[top_dollar]

I fillet all my fish.  Everything else just goes into the compost to drive the dog insane.

[oneshot]

Got to thinking in reality I fillet other critters by deboning the meat.

oneshot

[rps]

17 hours ago, rps said:

Any fish farmed will taste like Purina fish chow. Tilapia even worse. Silver bullet trout just dumped in the river taste that way. The only trout or salmon worth eating are so wild their meat is deep orange.

I fillet, but if I want a stock, I keep the bones, minus the guts and gills and the fins and tail and eye balls, and use that as the base.

BTW, on larger fish, be sure you take the fish cheeks. Walleye fish cheeks are superb.

Thinking about this thread, I went to my freezer and pulled out  a pack of wild caught sockeye. They had a sale at Sams and I bought two scaled fillets. I portioned and froze them. I use them in fish burgers and the way you see in the picture. That goop is light miso with a touch sriracha. It will marinate until I roast it tonight.

[fishinwrench]

It's White bass fillet night in the casa le'wrench.