WHOLE FISH RECIPES

Recipes for cooking whole fish whole. Cooking a whole fish can seem intimidating but is actually one of the easiest ways to cook a fish, helps prevent the fish from drying out, adds flavor to your dish, and prevents waste by utilizing more of the fish! Use these recipes for any whole fish. Some of our favorites include scup, black sea bass, acadian redfish, butterfish, whiting, mackerel, tautog, smaller haddock, sea robin, and even whole flounders.

If you prefer to filet your whole fish check out our filleting guides for round fish and flatfish.

• SCUP WITH COCONUT AND POBLANO SAUCE AND GRILLED CUCUMBERS

  Recipe courtesy of chef Andrew McQuesten, north

• Tandoori Spiced Butterfish

  Recipe courtesy of chef Rizwan Ahmed, Rhode Rage Food Truck and Johnson & Wales University

• How to Prepare A Whole Scup for Grilling or Baking

  Recipe courtesy of Cathy Pedtke, Eating with the Ecosystem

• OVEN-STEAMED WHOLE BLACK SEA BASS

  courtesy of David Ford, one of our Eat Like a Fish Citizen Scientists

• STEAMED WHOLE SCUP WITH GINGER AND SCALLIONS

  Recipe courtesy of Hiro Uchida via New England Seafoodies

• PARMESAN-ENCRUSTED SEA ROBIN

  Recipe courtesy of Eating with the Ecosystem from Simmering the Sea

• “Liman Style” Whiting

  Recipe courtesy of Noah Cain for a Cook a Fish, Give a Fish class

• SMOKED WHITING CHOWDER

  Recipe courtesy of Eating with the Ecosystem from Simmering the Sea

• Grilled Butterfish with Salsa Verde

  Recipe courtesy of Eating with the Ecosystem from Simmering the Sea

• WHOLE ROASTED MACKEREL WITH ROASTED FINGERLING POTATOES AND HORSERADISH CREAM

  Recipe courtesy of Lisa Lofberg of Little Moss Restaurant in South Dartmouth, MA

• GRILLED WHOLE BLACK SEA BASS AND VEGETABLES WITH CHARRED RED ONION VINAIGRETTE

  Recipe courtesy of Edible Rhody magazine.

• Oven-Roasted Atlantic Butterfish with Fennel and Tomato

  Recipe courtesy of Saveur Magazine

• GRILLED WHOLE BLUEFISH WITH CHARRED CORN & YOGURT DRESSING AND PEACH TOMATO SALAD

  A great summer dish!

  Recipe courtesy of Edible Rhody magazine.

• STEAMED WHOLE FISH WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

  This recipe would be great with scup, black sea bass, acadian redfish, or any other whole fish.

  Recipe courtesy of Edible Rhody magazine.

• BAKED Whole FISH WITH TOMATO SAUCE

  Recipe courtesy of Gonya Jangaba and 41ºN

• FISH ESCABECHE

  Recipe courtesy of Alice Rivera and 41ºN

• FRIED FISH WITH PLANTAINS, CABBAGE SALAD, AND PICO DE GALLO

  Recipe courtesy of Alba Rabe and 41ºN

• Whole Fish: Thursday Cod and Friday Salad

  Recipe courtesy of Heather Atwood

• How to Brine Butterfish

  Recipe courtesy of Hiro Uchida via New England Seafoodies

• Roasted Scup with Briny Herb Sauce

  Recipe courtesy of Edible Boston magazine.

• Salt Cured Rhode Island Butterfish

  Video from John Lee and Kate Masury for the Fish Forward Initiative

• Winter Citrus Roasted Whole Black Sea Bass

  Recipe courtesy of Edible Delmarva

• KAREI NO KARAAGE/WHOLE DEEP-FRIED FLOUNDER

  Recipe courtesy of SHIZUOKA GOURMET

• CRISPY FRIED FLOUNDER, CHINESE-STYLE

  Recipe courtesy of the Woks of Life

• PAN FRIED FISH: CHINESE WHOLE FISH RECIPE

  Recipe courtesy of the Woks of Life

• BAKED FLOUNDER WITH PANKO BREADCRUMBS

  Recipe courtesy of Rizwan Ahmed for a Cook a Fish, Give a Fish class

• Grilled Whole Scup with Summer Vegetables

  Recipe courtesy of Jason Timothy for a Cook a Fish, Give a Fish class

• Jing Lou Yu (Cantonese-Style Steamed Sea Bass)

• Recipe courtesy of Saveur Magazine

• Soy-and-Honey-Glazed Fluke Steaks

  Recipe courtesy of Saveur Magazine