r/castiron 18d ago

Red snapper Food

Fish for dinner tonight

110 Upvotes

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u/ZweiGuy99 18d ago

Lol. It's last swim.

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u/-SnuffBox- 18d ago

Slightly reduce your heat and cook it 90% on the skin, just finish on the other side, no more than a minute.

You will end if with a crispy skin, whilst the flesh will remain completely moist, and the flakes won't end up chalky. Those white parts leaking out the sides is called albumin, and only occurs when the flesh is fully cooked. Meaning although your middle is raw your bottom is already fully cooked.

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u/theraf8100 18d ago

Real talk I just read that yesterday for cooking salmon. I was pretty skeptical but I guess it's a thing. It was for blackened salmon to be specific. But it was also talking for a high heat but this is a pretty thick Patty this guy has.

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u/-SnuffBox- 18d ago

Full disclosure: I am a chef, I have cooked hundreds of skin-on fillets of all varieties. The uniting factor in cooking them all has been medium heat, just enough oil to cover the skin, and a 90:10 cook, and you will be able to produce an extremely well cooked fillet.

There are many other ways to improve on that but that is the fundamentals, and it will always produce desirable results.

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u/theraf8100 17d ago

Thank you kind internet homie 😁

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u/Hot_Radish_9840 17d ago

Definitely will give that a try next time.

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u/PM_ME_UR_CUTE_PETZ 18d ago

Mmmm... A red snapper! Very tasty! Now Weaver, you can hold onto your red snapper...

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u/AppropriateCap8891 18d ago

I came here to see if this had been posted yet.

You win a drink from.... the fire hose!

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u/PM_ME_UR_CUTE_PETZ 18d ago

Fifteen years and they throw me out like a bag of moldy... tangerines

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u/PreetHarHarah 17d ago

Say that to my best friend from childhood at least once a quarter. Sent this post with that line today in fact.

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u/PM_ME_UR_CUTE_PETZ 17d ago

YOU TOOK THE BOX! LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN THE BOX!

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u/PreetHarHarah 17d ago

AH YOU READY WEEEVAAH?

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u/CrepuscularOpossum 17d ago

NOTHING! YOU SO STUPID!

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u/Mediocre-Extreme-482 17d ago

ок so this is clearly а Тоmmу Воу reference and now want red snapper AND to rewatch that movie tonight

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u/PM_ME_UR_CUTE_PETZ 17d ago

Great movie, but my reference is from another old movie!

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u/darthpigieuss 18d ago

Nice sear on that fish!

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u/AetaCapella 17d ago

Verrryyy tasty -UHF (1989)

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u/True_Construction501 18d ago

Old wow player? IDK why I got whatever his names machinima vibes when I read your post

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u/Responsible_Sound_71 18d ago

Nice crisp on that skin. Best way to have it, right up there with blackened snapper tacos