Every fish has a best recipe, and there is nothing better than blackening redfish. There are a few qualities about redfish that make it most suitable for blackening: it’s juicy, it’s firm, and it has enough flavor to stand up to spicy seasonings.
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Grilled Shrimp, Okra and Tomatoes with Creole Mustard Sauce
After reading American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood, I decided to buy some local wild shrimp. Funny how local shrimp are more expensive than the shrimp imported all the way from Thailand or Indonesia.
Potato Chip Flounder with Dill Sauce
Toby lucked upon a flounder while lobster diving in the Keys, but there was little chance of landing that fish with a lobster net and tickle stick. I swam back to the boat to get the spear as fast as I could.
Florida Lobster Linguini
It was a good summer. We spent many days on the water, visited with family, and ate lots of lobster. Or lobsta, in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Thai Coconut Fish Cakes
I’ve served these fish cakes to friends and family at least a dozen times. A few things I love about them: the only ‘binder’ is fresh coconut, which gives them a unique texture. They’re infused with fragrant kaffir lime leaves, which I can never get enough of. And a little bit of coconut sugar… Read More
Mutton Snapper with Preserved Lemon and Herbs
Every time I open my fridge I see a big jar of preserved Meyer lemons. The lemons are dwindling, but the lemons on my tree are growing, so the race is on. As much as I love having fresh ones, the preserved ones have been a great stand-in this past year.
Blackened Redfish Burgers
Blackened redfish is one of the most delicious fish recipes of all time. It’s so good that when New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme popularized it in the 1980s the redfish population in the Gulf of Mexico was annihilated. Gulf coast states established emergency closures and commercial fishing for redfish ended. Since then the fishery has… Read More
Crispy Mutton Snapper with Cilantro Garlic Sauce
Mutton snapper are the only sport fish in Florida that thrive in depths from 3 feet to over 300 feet of water. That gives it an extraordinary range and a wide variety of habitats where it can thrive. Their key spawning ground in Florida is a place known as Riley’s Hump, a reef area near… Read More