Cooking Eelpout

[vexi]

Whats some good ways to prepare eelpout. I understand they very good to eat and I got 2 of them this last weekend up on Winni. Do you just boil them in 7up and dip in butter or is there something better?

[B-man715]

I've only fried them like everything else.

In fact I tricked everybody by saying I was cooking the pout in the 3rd batch when I really cooked them in the 2nd batch

Nobody batted an eye eating the pout they thought were walleyes!

When I tossed the 3rd batch on the table (which was really all walleyes), they picked at it and said "thats stuffs not too bad." LOL

[Ryan_V]

You nailed it... Chunk it up, boil in sprite, dip in melted butter! Yummy. Although, hope you didn't freeze it, not as good then

[hydro]

I just cooked a batch last Sunday. Cut into chunks and poach in about 1" of water with some onions and lemon juice (7up would work as well). Bring the water to a boil, drop in the fish and simmer for a few minutes until the fish flakes. Serve with boiled potatoes and some drawn butter for dipping. Very good!

[vexi]

I have heard to not freeze them so they are still fresh. Going to try them tonight

[Boar]

Go to the store an get some garlic an parmesan flavored kettle chip, some Italian breadcrumbs. Crush up the chip an mix the bread crumbs about 50 50, deep fry, OH MY!

[dfeste]

Instead of the 7-up I dump a can of Mountain Dew into the pot of water. Cut into chunks with some melted butter, Yummy.

[PerchJerker]

No need to use 7-Up or Mountain Dew. Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Cut the pout into chunks. Toss the chunks in the water for a few minutes, it doesn't take long. Let them drain for a few seconds, hit them with a pinch of salt, hit them with a drizzle of melted butter, and enjoy.

[mmartin]

No need to use 7-Up or Mountain Dew. Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Cut the pout into chunks. Toss the chunks in the water for a few minutes, it doesn't take long. Let them drain for a few seconds, hit them with a pinch of salt, hit them with a drizzle of melted butter, and enjoy.

That's the way we do it.

[Kyhl]

Boiled in a thin layer of coconut red curry sauce. I mix up a batch of sauce to bring along on trips.

I'm drooling just thinking about it.

[Great Outdoors]

Just like B-man715 said, fry them like a walleye or northern.

I've separated the rib meat from the tail meat, and both taste the same.

If you like crisp fillets, try this.

1.If the fish is big, cut the meat into strips.

2.Coat the meat generously with plain, yellow mustard, then roll them in breading. (I prefer mixing one bag of Panko, with one bag of Bearden Farms in a breading bowl)

3.Heat your oil (plain vegetable oil, bacon fat, lard, etc) to 390 degrees on a turkey cooker. Use the shorter cooking pot with basket for this.

4.Carefully drop the fish in after the oil reaches this temp, and allow to cook until they turn a light shade of brown. If you take them out a little earlier, when golden brown, the mustard may still be "liquidy."

5.These fillets are very crisp just after cooking. If you place the leftovers (if any) into a zip loc bag, & refrigerator, they will be chewy just like a chicken strip the next day.

6.Boiling them in 7 Up, then dipping in butter-YUCK!! What a waste of a fish

[fivebucks]

I've smoked hundreds of fish in my day and pout is by far the best out of the smoker of all of them. It has just the right mix of flaky meat with enough oil (being in the cod family) to smoke up great.

[randallt]

Has anyone ever had a canadian fish boil with lake trout or northern? I am wondering if the pout would work for that. Similar to how Hydro prepared his.

I had one a couple of years ago on LOW simply boiled and buttered and I was amazed how good it was. Made me mad thinking about how many I have released over the last few years.

[cavalierowner]

Nice to see a couple cooking ideas. Now all I have to do is get the IDEA of eating pout out of my head and give it a try

[Boar]

I felt the same about Rocky Mountain Oysters but they were really good too. Boar

[reinhard1]

i took some rockie mountain oysters home from work one day and skinned them and cut them up and put them in batter and deep fried them. brought them to work for the guys and they loved them. one guy almost pucked after i told them what they were. some gave me the look and some laughed. eelpout are excelent. think of them as fresh water cod. good luck.

[Stick in Mud]

Oh man, coconut red curry?!? I HAVE to try that!

Thanks for the tip!!

[goosemafia]

I heard something about the belly meat of an eelpout is bad for you. I was told to only take the back straps out, is that correct?

[6arrows]

yes only eat the back strap yummy

[live4chrome]

the tail section is fine to eat too.

[Gordie]

Boil them then deep fry them in your favorite beer batter.

[lispeej]

I've heard some say that it is a "poor mans lobster".

[reinhard1]

yes that is a saying. however it's more like "fresh water cod". amazing goo table fare. good luck.

[Gordie]

If your really,really looking to try the eelpout as table fare you can start at pout fest in Walker MN. They cook up some pretty tastey pout.

[CaptainMusky]

Nice to see a couple cooking ideas. Now all I have to do is get the IDEA of eating pout out of my head and give it a try

I can get past the IDEA of eating one, I just cannot get passed the idea of CLEANING one. Slimey buggers.