pickled fish

[riverrat565]

Does anybody have a good recipe for pickling fish, I'm lookin to use sunfish i really dont know if that will matter. Thanks for the help

[goose89]

check out / search the recipe section. I got a recipe from there this fall that I really enjoyed (pike).

[goose89]

Here's BD110's recipe i used and was really happy with. Got a lot of kudos from family and friends over the holidays as well. Enjoy, and good luck.

B-man715,

Your pickled fish looks very good. You have no shortage of info on top of the jar. It really gives me something to think about when I make my next batch.

Here is the recipe that I use. If you need more info or someone to try and talk you through your 1st attempt send me an e-mail and I can get you my cell number.

I've had very good luck with the recipe that I use except for my last batch. A buddy gave me a few fillets that he had forzen for longer then they sould have been not being coverd in water or put in a food sealer bag. The batch tastes very good it's just chewy as others have stated. I'm leaving it sit as long as I can to see if that will help soften it a bit.

Here is my recipe

Pickled Northern:

3 lbs of Northern chunks per recipe. 3 lbs makes 3 Quarts of pickled fish.

1st step:

Mix 4 cups of water with 1 cup of canning salt (I use an ice cream bucket) Mix your 3lbs of Northern into the water and salt mixture. This step lasts for 2 Days (48 hrs) Stir the Northern chunks at least once during the 48 hrs so all parts of the fish are covered.

2nd Step:

Drain and rinse Northern chunks well. Place back into ice cream bucket and cover with white vingar. This step takes 24 hrs. Mix chunks at least once during this step and add more vingar if needed to keep Northern chunks covered.

3rd Step:

Make your brine. Pour 3 cups of white vingar into a pot and add 3 of Sugar. Bring this to a boil. The brine must cool before it is put in the jars so allow yourself the amount of time you will need to do this.

4th Step: Drain the vingar from your Northern chunks in your icecream buckets and cut yourself at least 1 sweet onions into slices. Now pack your 3 quart jars layering them with fish and onions until the jars are full. In each quart jar add 1 Tablespoon of Durke pickling spices and fill each jar with your brine.

Cover your jars with lids and rings and place in the frig for 7-10 days and it's time to injoy some pickled Northern.

You can also add jalapeno peppers or mild banana peppers along with each layer of onions if you would like to tang things up a bit.

Good luck and let me know how this works out for you if you try this recipe.

Take care,

Tom (BD110)

[riverrat565]

Thank you that sounds pretty pain less. This will be my first batch so i will let you know how it turns out. thanks again

[mnbuckhunter]

goose89 - how long does that last in the fridge usually?

[goose89]

Good question. I've read different opinions.

I pickled my pike (first time ever) in mid October, and finished the last one, and they were still very good, over Christmas and New Years. I was a bit leary and tested it before offering to family, but it was better than the earlier stuff.

If anyone has any experience with pickled fish "going bad", I'd like to know as well. I'm still a rookie, for sure.

[Pooh]

"coldone" pickled fish

this is the recipe i used on tulibee and it turned out awesome. the recipe is under Flash's reply. and BD110 has his recipe in this link also

[chris63]

Make sure you freeze your fish at 1 or lower for at least 48 hours b4 you pickle.The other method is to cook the brine solution at 140f first b4 pickling.These two methods will kill any tape worms present which can effect humans.Happy munching!c63

[St_Croix_Banks]

I like pickled Northern----but wasting Sunnies on pickling is a crime!

[tjungroth]

Pickled sunnies are the best!!!

My grand faith taught me how with silver satin wine

Here is a link http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1717,149167-242200,00.html

or google silver satin wine pickle fish

no cooking takes about a eek to be ready to eat

but this is the best there is

I will also put a link on justasign.com

enjoy

works with all fish

a good reason to felet those small sunnies

[tjungroth]

sorry typing fast

My Grandfathers way to make pickled fish

silver satin wine works great on all fish and is easy

google silver satin wine fish