Fish is terribly easy to overcook. Scottish celebrity chef Michael Smith recommends a few tips for how to cook really fresh fish without worrying about overcooking it and other seafood tricks.Photo by rfduck.
To cook the freshest fish, the Head Chef of The Three Chimneys in Scotland advises you start with room temperature fish so it cooks evenly. Then, here’s his method to avoid having to worry about overcooking it:
With room-temperature fish, get a pan really hot, add a little butter/oil and salt and put the fish in it. Sear it quickly on one side so it gets a little crust then immediately turn off the heat, leaving the fish in the pan.
Leaving the fish in for the rest of the time means the pan’s heat will cook the fish from the bottom up, but not all the way through, which the article says is what you want to do for the freshest fish.
Check out more tips like eating oysters for energy and curing salmon with whisky — plus a recipe — over at The Daily Meal.
A Chef’s Secrets for Cooking Fish [The Daily Meal]
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