Easiest fish camping recipes

 This is a thread that I hope will promote some really easy, cheap and tasty recipes that one can "fall back on" when away camping and you only have a few non-perishables and some freshly caught fish.

The essentials are:

Fresh fish

Non-perishable ingredients you can stock your camp pantry with

Must be:

Quick

Easy

Cheap

I'll start with a north indian fish curry.

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Maybe nice

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:03

 But not the kind of ingredients i would have at hand on a fishing trip.

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Easy cooking

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:06

With herring just chuck them straight on to the hotplate, guts in scales and all. The gizzards shrivel up n to a little ball and the scales lift off when its cooked or the other way is to gill and gut your fish, rub butter on the outside, wrap in alfoil and cook in the coals.

Not a believer of using spices to ruin the taste of fresh fish and looking forward to having robinson sea bream for tea tomorrow night. yummo

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 I would never crucify

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:08

 I would never crucify robinson sea bream in a curry!  My north indian curry is a peasant dish and I would use a shark mackerel or similiar.  ;)

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Mackeral?

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:16

Not a fan of mackerel, grey, Spaniard, school. shark or blue and will only bring one home if someone wants one.

I'm afraid I have been spoilt over the years with a continuing supply of quality eating fish though I still love herring and fresh tuna or salmon patties.

All I put on fish is a little salt and a sprinkle of vinegar.

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 What times dinner? 

Thu, 2014-03-27 06:59

 What times dinner? 

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Geez Randall, if thats quick

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:10

Geez Randall, if thats quick and easy, Id hate to see a difficult one.....Fillets, fry pan, oil, salt, pepper, egg, bread, fish sangas, quick, easy and yummo!

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 I should have included

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:32

 I should have included "tasty" as an essential criteria...

 

Geez guys, live a little, expand your taste horizons outside australia!!!

 

Having said that, there are lots of fish that just go straight on the barbie without additional flavouring...

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Spices?

Wed, 2014-03-26 20:36

Might as well have a handful of spice in one hand a hunk of fish in the other and take alternate bites out of each.

Most fish have a delicate flavour to be enjoyed not covered up by foreign substances but that's just my opinion

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I agree

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:00

 Enjoy the flavour of the fish.

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 I am a connoisseur of

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:19

 I am a connoisseur of fish...  and if it deserves no extra flavouring, it gets no extra flavouring...  

 

THE POINT OF THIS THREAD is to promote camping fish recipes with what you have available in your camping pantry at the time and perhaps promote some thought to what  non-perishables one could include in their camping pantry... 

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Fog dog beer batter

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:01

- fog dog beer batter

- cold beer

- chunks of fresh salmon

- pan, BBQ & oil.

follow instructions...delicious. We use the leftovers to batter up cabanosi, polish sausage and mars bars. Bit dear for what it is though, but it's easy and it goes a fair way.

Stick the battered fish between two bits of bread with butter and tartare sauce...artery hardeningly awesome.

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 Where / what's the batter? 

Thu, 2014-03-27 10:50

 Where / what's the batter? 

 

Disregard,  re read your post. doh! Fog dog is the batter.  Stupid me.

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Tandaco

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:24

 Does everything. Fish, squid, Crays. No trip goes without 10 packets

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Moroccan seasoning or French

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:44

Moroccan seasoning or French onion soup mix to coat. Piss easy and good tasting.

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I understand and agree with

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:55

I understand and agree with those that wouldn't want to spoil the taste of quality fish but for reluctant fish eaters I have a very simple recipe that has won over a few and is very easy.

 

Roughly equal measures of sweet chilli sauce and honey. Splash of soy sauce. Mix fish in with this then throw pieces in with bread crumbs and press them on a little with hands. Cook on hotplate with butter. Not too hot and not with oil, as they will burn. Pretty tasty and great for those that don't love fish.

 

Cheers,

 

Mat.

 

P.S. After many trials and errors, my favourite and very simple fish batter recipe is- equal parts corn flour, self- raising flour and salt and pepper to taste. Mix with beer or cold water to form a batter (the runnier it is, the lighter it will be). Cook in oil of choice (not olive oil).

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 I would use panko bread

Wed, 2014-03-26 22:56

 I would use panko bread crumbs for this :)

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Looking forward to following

Thu, 2014-03-27 03:53

Looking forward to following this thread, 2 camping trips coming up in April and I'm hoping to survive off more than sausages and spaghetti

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portugese

Thu, 2014-03-27 05:54

as a cheap and easy solution I get some of the portugese chicken seasoning from masterfoods brands, sprinkle a bit on both sides and hit the frying pan

its a nice subtle flavour without ruining the flavour of the fish, use this frequently on demersals

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 Flour, egg and Parma bread

Thu, 2014-03-27 07:08

 Flour, egg and Parma bread crumbs, bit of oil and butter in the pan, fry till golden, lemon. Eat, then wash down ya neck with beer.

dinner done.

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coat the fish with tumeric,

Thu, 2014-03-27 08:18

coat the fish with tumeric, salt and pepper - deep fry.

or

canned mango with a little bit of its syrup, coconut milk, fish fillet in aluminium foil over hot pan or  bbq. - Both canned mango & coconut milk come in cans so are not perishable. Learn this from Malcolm Douglas when he went fishing in the Outback with his dog... 

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 Like the sound of that mango

Thu, 2014-03-27 10:47

 Like the sound of that mango and coconut milk one

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Marron, Cray, Prawn, Crab

Thu, 2014-03-27 11:25

on Buttered bread, thousand Island Sause (for camping either Mayo/Tomato sauice mixed to taste or just a jar from Woolies etc) and Alfafa sprouts - always a camping favourite of ours.

Fish (especially whiting) plain in the pan with heaps off butter - dont overcook - yum.

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fish + Margarine + Lemon

Fri, 2014-03-28 17:23

fish + Margarine + Lemon pepper seasoning

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 This is all I would put on

Fri, 2014-03-28 20:29

 This is all I would put on top shelf fish such as baldchin.  Nothing more.  Yum.

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Fillet, salt, pepper lemon

Fri, 2014-03-28 20:41

Fillet, salt, pepper lemon and wrap in al-foil. Cook for 10-15 depending on filler thickness. Enjoy!

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pack of marions kitchen green

Mon, 2014-04-07 12:14

pack of marions kitchen green curry, wack in some macky or even sambo. follow instructions on box. delicious