/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Basically just want to know how to go from OP pic related to a ready to eat tilapia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y8oFqyMsJE

Is is descaled already?

One

Don't thaw in hot water.

two

snip off all fins, and just roast it whole. Throw some lemon and butter inside and season. Also score the skin

or fillet it

>>4439185
No, it looks like my pic

>>4439185
Here's a pic

>>4439203
are those fish OK? they look tired.

>>4439205
They were frozen in my freezer for maybe like 4 years. Probably waiting to be cooked.

>>4439207
>frozen in my freezer for maybe like 4 years
>freezer for maybe like 4 years
>4 years
Throw them out. They aren't going to taste remotely like tilapia is supposed to taste.

>>4439178
look up on the internet "how to filet a fish"

>>4439198
>>4439203
Using kitchen shears, snip off the side fins.
Using a knife, scrape off the scales.
I assume it's also not cleaned, eh?
Using small scissors (my family had always used surgical scissors for this) snip open the belly.
Using your hands, scoop out the innards and discard.
>alternately, you can heavily salt the innards and ferment them, catching their cast-off liquids; this is Italian fish sauce and it stinks to high heaven, but it's so good
In order to remove the bone, make an incision just behind the gills until you hit bone then remove the knife.
Shimmy the knife along from the tail end, holding the knife in your dominant hand and the tail in the other, along the bone; done correctly, the fillet should come off in one piece.
Repeat for the opposite side.
Tilapia is a rather delicately flavoured (see: nearly flavourless) fish. It does well in just about any application. I prefer to use tilapia fillets in soups/stews (such as miso and fish stew, sakanashiru), but it's also very good fried and served with chips/fries.

>>4439216
thats probably a good thing since they normally taste like chinese shit water

>>4439216
Are you serious? Are they at least safe to eat?

>>4439223
>doesn't like the taste of tilapia

>>4439227
Just stop everything you're trying to do now. You're clearly a retard.

>huurrr I've had these frozen tilapia in my freezer for 4 years wat do
>huurrr I'm going to thaw them in warm water is that ok??
>hurrr I don't even know how to fillet them how do I do that? clearly there aren't 100000 videos on youtube that teach this

/ck/ I am so disappointed in you right now

>>4439223
Yeah tilapia is garbage fish, it's being pushed so much today and is cheap because of just that. I hate the fish.

Bro steam that shit with some soy sauce, ginger, salt, and whatever oil you want. It'll be delicious

>>4439227

Sure they'll be safe to eat. But the flavor and texture will suck.

No lie, I too have a bag of tilapia. Need to grocery shop but am currently trying baby portas with tilapia. Idk

>>4439249
fry it and make fish tacos

>>4439236
This is my first time on /ck/ I normally go on /fit/ and /pol/. Tilapia are high in protein and are quite cheap. Figured I could learn how to make them.

>tilapia

lol no thanks

>>4439236
Ok, but why is it not ok to thaw them in warm water?

>>4439286
because it leaves them in the danger zone for bacteria for a long time.

if you want to filet them, take a thin filet or boning knife, flip it under the gil and slice straight down til bone, then cut horizontally along the fish until about 1/4 inch from the tail, flip the filet over and separate it from the skin

>>4439299
They were hot water for like 90 mins now, if I take it out now, will it be safe to eat?

>>4439305
just cook the hell out of it. only time ive ever gotten sick from food is canned meat

my favorite way of cooking them is in garlic
you take a whole bunch of garlics maybe a whole small head or half a large one for each of them
peel
pound in a mortar or something similar with a bunch of salt and a little, I said a little beer, just enough to make it moist
do not blend it
now taste it, It should taste salty but not oversalted
now put them fuckin fish, cleaned and descaled, keep the head and tail, that´s where the deliciousness hides
let them rest for at least 20 minutes in the fridge, better if 1 hour or something like that
now get your frying pan and add enough oil to cover almost half the fish
fry it to your liking, if intense heat you can have it very juicy, if in low heat you can get it really firm

enjoy delicious fish, skin and all, with a couple of drops of lime juice and any sides you like

suck the motherfucker´s eyes out, and eat the cheeks tongue and "brain"

OP here, look what I got done so far...

>>4439412
Shit's hard as fuck, gave up on this one.

>>4439415
>>4439412
lol You have tool issues, OP

>>4439412
nailed it

>>4439412
Please don't tell me you're going to put honey on the fish.

>>4439415
Nice mess you got going there.

>>4439412
>>4439415
Holy shit.

>>4439415
You know what helps? Using the right type of knife.

OP, your best bet here is to cut it into 2" strips and fry it. If it's been in your freezer for 4 years, it could taste last monstrous ass, depending on how it was sealed. Coat the dry fillets in flour, then an egg wash, then corn meal. Pan fry or deep fry, doesn't matter.

Finally done. Filleted 5 fish.
I'm gonna do what >>4439470 said to do. Will post when I'm done.

Here's my last fish. I'll miss you :(

>>4439415
>Shit's hard as fuck, gave up on this one.

Knife is dull as fuck

fixed that for you.

>>4439470
I didn't have any cornmeal so I used oatmeal instead

First batch cooking

>>4439589
>this thread

>>4439593
>>4439589

So the first batch is almost done. Gonna let it fry a few more minutes.

>>4439589

>>4439652
You best be putting a little dillweed on that.

Ran out of flour so second batch prob won't look as good.

>>4439652
A whole new world of oatmeal coated fried foods?

Here's the first batch btw

>>4439684
>>4439589
please be a very clever troll

>>4439687
I'm sickened, but curious. How does it taste?

>>4439687
mite b okay

>>4439693
Completely honest, it is actually ok. It's a bit dry, but I added some leman and it's quite good. Got to say the oatmeal makes it a bit crunchy and adds texture. Someone here said there would be no texture so I improvised when I had no corn meal and decided oatmeal would be good.

>>4439726
were they Pontiac lemans?

>>4439589
shit nigger what are you doing??
just keep it whole, score the skin in a few places on each side and cover in cornstarch and flour and deep fry until golden brown.
eat with hot sauce and ketchup
or may a soy ginger sauce to drizzle over it.

aha oh wow, this entire thread. I haven't laughed so hard in so long

>>4439751
Won't there be bones in it though?

>>4439763
when its cooked the meat will flake off of the bones but i can not condone eating tilapia in any form- do it with something like a snapper.

THIS is what pan fried tilapia is supposed to look like.

>>4439549
>5 fish

>>4439415
>using a paring knife to fillet fish

OP, get a $25 cutlery set from Wal-Mart. It will serve you well.

>>4439589
All of my lols.

ALL of them.

Someone make an info pic out of this.

>>4439685
>has never eaten herring in oats
Flool

bumping because more people need to see this atrocity.

Haha I can't believe this is still up.

>>4439178
>thawing in hot water

Jesus Christ /ck/

>>4439236

>>4439260
I think I figured it out...

Holy shit someone take all his pics and make them into a vertical, then start a food Gore thread with it

>>4439412
you ripped a little of the smaller parts but thats actually pretty decent given your experience

OP, you're a disgusting piece of shit

>>4440873
and given your dull paring knife

I would butcher them (not sure if that is the correct verb for fish). You can save the bones and heads for fish stock but tilapia isnt known for flavor so it might better to just throw them out or use them as fertilizer. With the filets you should coat them in seasoned flower and deep fry that shit or get them cajun blackened style.

>>4440875
lol i thought he did pretty good and showed a lot of determination. they werent over or undercooked, and he didnt completely butcher the fish given the circumstances. i would eat his food. basically just fried fish with a few crispy oats on it

>>4440882
Tilapia is tasteless as it is and needs seasoning or at least a side dish to make it somewhat decent. Also breadcrumbs > Oatmeal

>>4439589
>>4439593

OP you should have used instant flavored oatmeal.