Foil Wrapped Savory Fish Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Rinse fish, and pat dry.
• Rub fillets with olive oil, and season with garlic salt and black pepper. Place each fillet on a large sheet of aluminum foil. Top with jalapeno slices, and squeeze the juice from the ends of the lemons over the fish. Arrange lemon slices on top of fillets. Carefully seal all edges of the foil to form enclosed packets. Place packets on baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of fish. Fish is done when it flakes easily with a fork.

Steps:

• Place the fish in a non-reactive dish and add the lime juice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour 2 cups of water into a pot and add the onions, garlic, parsley and thyme, potatoes, butter and chile pepper. Bring to a boil and boil about 10 minutes or until the potatoes are almost done (add more water, if necessary).
• Add the fish with marinade juices, reduce the heat to low and simmer about 10 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked through and starting to flake.
• Taste and adjust for salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 450 degrees.
• Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl; stir well and set aside.
• Cut 4 (12 x 9 inch) pieces of heavy duty foil. Fold them in half, and trim each piece into a larg heart shape. Place the foil on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Place 1 fillet of fish on each piece of foil near the crease. Top evenly with the onion/sauce mixture. Fold over the remaining halves of foil hearts. Starting with the rounded edge of each heart, pleat and crimp the edges together to form a seal. Twist the end tightly to seal. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes or until the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• To serve, remove from the foil and plate.

Steps:

• Arrange each fish fillet in the center of a length of aluminum foil or parchment paper. Top each fillet with half the remaining ingredients. Fold foil over each fillet, sealing edges very tightly. Place packages on a baking sheet; bake at 450 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Open packages carefully, watch out for the steam; fish is done when it flakes and vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• Mix all brine ingredients thoroughly.
• Cut fish in 1-2" pieces, leaving skin on.
• If fish is fresh, soak for 1-1/2 hours; if it has been frozen, soak for 45-60 minutes.
• Remove fish from marinade and place on smoker-racks skin-side down.
• Allow to glaze at room temperature for at least 4 hours, and preferably overnight.
• I usually set a fan to blow across the fish and help them get dry to the touch and look very glazed.
• Cold-smoke (at 120-140 degrees F) for 8-12 hours to obtain desired flavor.
• Then hot smoke (at 180-200 degrees F) for 1-2 hours or finish in a 300 degree F oven for 30-45 minutes to get desired texture.
• I do not like a mushy fish, so I cook it until it firms up, though it's hard to tell, though, until after it has cooled down.
• Cool to room temperature, freeze on cookie sheets, package, and store in freezer.
• Best with stronger flavored, oily fish such as salmon, tuna, or swordfish; in general, mild fish smoke poorly.
• Notes: I use a Brinkmann Smok’n Pit water-smoker.
• The water helps to keep the temperature low, and the steam in the smoke keeps meat more moist during long cooking.
• My smoker is intended for charcoal smoking, but for fish, I place soaked wood chips in a metal (not foil, foil will burn through, use real metal) sitting on top of a cheap hot plate (with a rheostat control, not just an on-off switch), which sits on a brick so the pan is up under the bottom of the smoker, where the charcoal pan normally sets.
• Adjust temperature by adjusting hot plate up or down (usually somewhere between low and medium), and throw another handful of wet wood chips into the pie plate every 30-40 minutes, when the smoke stops generating.
• Depending on my mood, and what kind of wood chips are available, I usually smoke fish with alder, cherry, oak, maple, orange or lemon wood (on the rare occasion I can find orange or lemon) Alder and cherry are usually the easiest to find, and they both work beautifully for fish.
• Do not use hickory or mesquite; they are just too strong and completely overwhelm fish!
• I usually double or triple this recipe; I have rigged my double-size smoker to take up to 4 racks to handle the larger amounts.
• Since this whole process takes a lot of time, the little extra effort is worth while, and the smoked fish freezes well, lasting a couple years with only a little deterioration in flavor or texture.
• SAFETY NOTE: Needless to say, DO THIS OUTDOORS!
• Cabon monoxide KILLS!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Cut 4 squares of aluminum foil.
• Place 1/2 cup zucchini in the center of 1 piece of foil. Add 1/4 cup potatoes and 1 cod fillet; season with salt and pepper. Layer with 1/4 of the onion slices, 1/4 cup tomatoes, and 1/4 of the basil. Fold foil over vegetables, crimp edges to seal tightly, and place on a baking sheet. Repeat to make remaining packets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until vegetables are tender and fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Place individual fillets on a large piece of aluminum foil.
• In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons butter and 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and garlic, and heat bowl until melted.
• Spread butter and oil mixture evenly over each fillet.
• Distribute the sprigs of tarragon evenly over each fillet. (I had two fillets, so I put about 2-3 sprigs on each.).
• Sprinkle chopped chives over each fillet.
• Slice lemon into enough slices to cover each fillet. (I had 2.5 slices on each of my two fillets.).
• Grind fresh black pepper and pink Himalayen salt over each fillet to taste.
• Drizzle a little more extra virgin olive oil over each fillet.
• Seal foil around fillets as airtight as possible.
• Grill or bake at 400°F (High Grill) for about 10-12 minutes depending on thickness (about 10 minutes per inch).
• Serve with rice.

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium-high heat.
• Spray 4 large sheets of heavy-duty foil with cooking spray. Place 1 fish fillet on center of each sheet; spread with mayo.
• Top with remaining ingredients; fold to make 4 packets.
• Grill 10 to 12 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork.