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Pat your fish dry with a paper towel for the crispiest skin. You don’t want excess moisture turning your dish into a mushy mess
Follow the 10 minute rule: 10 minutes of cooking per inch of thickness (ie- if your filets are 2 inches thick, cook them for 20 minutes tops)
Fish is a gentle meat, so a highly acidic marinade can actually “cook” the fish — which, unless you’re preparing a ceviche (which is cooked using acid from lemons or limes) is not ideal.
Buy yourself a fish spatula to avoid ripping filets or accidentally removing the skin. These spatulas are super thin and flexible, perfect to handle the delicate meat of fishes.
Use gentle heat, even on a grill. Seafood cooks faster than other meats and can easily dry out if you turn up the flames the way you regularly would.
Fish can only be kosher as long as it has it skin, fins and scales on. That’s it. Anything with a shell, unusual exterior, crustaceans, etc. is not considered kosher.
The eyes of the fish should be clear, and the gills should be reddish pink. If anything seems off or the fish itself looks beat up, leave it and come to Avner’s Kosher Fish Market!
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These are some of our favorite recipes gathered from more than 35 years of fish market experience
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