Cooking Fish

Cooking fish can be intimidating for the first time, especially if you are unsure on types of fish to even get. The great news is that fish is not only delicious but very easy to cook. With a minimal cooking tools and ingredients you too can cook fish with ease. Tilapia is a great fish to learn how to cook as a beginner fish. Getting flash frozen tilapia is very easy.

One of the easiest ways to cook fish is to pan fry them. You will need a good quality stainless steel pan. First, you will need to thaw your fish filet in the refrigerator over night. When you are ready to cook, rince the filet off and pat it dry. Take a quarter cup of flour and put it into shallow bowl along with a tsp of pepper and 2 tsp salt. Then stir the flour mixture. Place the fish into the mixture and gently coat both sides. After you have both sides coated shake off the excess flower from the fish. Heat your pan with a 1/4 cup of coconut oil until hot. When the oil is hot add you fish. Cook on each side for two and a half minutes. The fish will be done when the flour coating is crispy, and the fish flakes easily with a fork.

Another great way to prepare fish is to bake it. Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Place a tablespoon of butter in a oven safe container along with your tilapia filet.

Sprinkle fish with salt, pepper, and dill weed. If you wish, slice a lemon into rounds and place over the top of the filet. Place this into the oven for 20 minutes. It is done cooking when it easily flakes apart with a fork. If the fish isn't quite done simply put it back for another 5 minutes and check again.

These are two easily ways to cook fish, but there plenty of other options available. Books such as Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking is a great reference and well worth getting to learn many other ways to cook fish. Don't let fish intimidate you when cooking, they are quite easy to make.