As my mother's son, I also went a little rogue with my recipe: a whole black sea bass (you can use whatever white
flaky fish you like), that gets butterflied and stuffed with a spicy garlicky herb mixture before being roasted.
Skip delicate,
flaky fish like tilapia, cod, or flounder, and go with firmer - fleshed fish, such as salmon, tuna, or swordfish.
Not exact matches
While some
fish taco recipes call for tilapia or salmon, I
like to use rockfish or mahi mahi for their mild sweet flavor and
flaky texture.
Today's recipe of patrani machhi is simply heaven for any
fish freak
like me — a
fish smeared with all herby green goodness and steamed in a foil until just
flaky!
Poach cubes of tofu or chicken or pieces of
flaky white
fish,
like halibut, in place of the shrimp, or mix in stir - fried strips of beef or pork just before serving.
There are two types of
fish — one called haddock and one called Pollack that you can also get as kind of more
like a
flaky version that you could put on a salad or have with a lunch.
Sub tilapia for any other white
flaky fish, if you'd
like.
It's hard to go wrong with fried
fish on full - bodied,
flaky, baguette -
like bread.