Cooking question
Submitted by Jody on Wed, 2007-12-26 19:35.
Caught a fish today...yay!!
Dhue in 12 m water about a stones throw from our front door. Only about 6 kg, but a big suprise when trying for skippy.
Would like to cook it whole over the barbie to feed 12 tomorrow. Am I making a mistake here and need to slab it?? Have cooked a range of fish this way (pretty impressive in the middle of the table), but never Dhue. Any info would be great - before the knife comes out.
Jody
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Opps
Have to take that back, just weighed it....10.25kg
PB. Lifes good!
Question still stands tho.
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Dean
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We sometimes cook the
We sometimes cook the smaller ones in the webber and they always turn out great, not sure if the barbie would cook all the way through unless you had a hood over the top.
Dean
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Also forgot to say, great
Also forgot to say, great catch! especially in 12m
Jody
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Yea Dean
Fully suprised when it came up.
Ya just neva no!!
Was the last run for the 'fish magnet' with a full team of girls onboard.
Have a lid on the barbie and hubby rigged a stand for the bigger fish. Thanks mate, if it goes on a Webber, will do well on this set up.
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sherbert
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Great fish jody
A nice pb well done
steve
Born to fish forced to work
luke
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good job jody, gee, wasnt it
good job jody, gee, wasnt it nice on the water today!!! absolute glass out wide..... as for your fish..may be getting a bit large for whole... just cook it slow would be my tip
well done on the pb too...
luke
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dogsoldier
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yep cook it slow pack it
yep cook it slow pack it full of goodies so it does not dry out
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Andrew
Andy Mac
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Good onya Jody!
Can't say I have ever cooked a Dhuie whole. The wings certainly come up great on a weber, but I have always slabbed the fish, and at that size you may have to halve a few of the fillets to make sure they cook evenly.
Try coating the fillets in half Dhukka and half breadcrumbs mix, for a touch of the exotic. That's what we had on Xmas day. A Whole 13.5kg fish slabbed and done in Dhukka. Mmmmm yum. Fed 20 hungry rellies.
Cheers
Jody
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Thanks boyz
Yeah Luke, far better to be on the water than doing a slow roast on land.
OK, going for it - up off the plate, full of goodies (thanks Andrew, forgot about that) with slashes in the meatiest bits, marinade (undecided at the mo) rubed in....mmmmmmm....let you know how it goes.
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luke
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dont forget to wrap it in
dont forget to wrap it in foil jody ( i am sure you are, but just in case you werent....)...i have done heaps of 4kg jobs... and they always taste wicked.... and yeh, slacing the meaty bits is a good thing to do...fill the slices with lemon rind too...mmmmm
luke
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mitch
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ive done a few whole dhuis
ive done a few whole dhuis on the barbie .biggest was about 6.5 kg .stuffed him with tomato lemon .onion and garlic .slice the thick part of the fish about half way to the backbone .plenty of butter, slices of tomato ,onion rings bit of garlic and then seal him as best you can in afoil.cook for about twenty minutes at least i reckon .on both sides when ya think all is good small hole in foil at the thickest part of the flesh and dive in with afork to see if its ready.
YYYUUUMMMOOOOO
geeze a 10.5 jobba would feed a fair few hungry people
always in it just the depth that varies