If you cook fish in your home

[KpbS]

How do you deal with the stink? We love fish here, but it leaves such an odor in the house.

[twowhat?]

I like to cook fish twice a week if I can swing it. The keys are to buy it fresh and use within a day, rinse well before prep, and marinade in white wine. I like to time it so that trash day is the next day (I cook all my meats the day before trash day!)

Day 1: Buy fish
Day 1 or 2: remove fish from wrapping, rinse well with cold water (this is a key step - you can even go a step further and sprinkle with salt, let sit a minute, and rinse again with water), blot dry, and place in glass dish
Day 3: trash day!

For us, white cooking wine is the key to getting rid of fish odors! In the glass dish I season with S&P, and then pour a little white wine over everything. I let that sit for an hour or so, flipping the fish halfway. Then I cook using one of these 2 methods:

Steaming is one of my preferred methods because it's easy. I place the fish in a flat bowl for steaming, thinly slice ginger and green onion and put that on top of the fish, pour a little bit of the wine from the glass dish into the steaming dish, and then steam for 5-10 minutes depending on how thick the fish is. Sometimes I add soy sauce and/or a few drops of sesame oil on top first. When it's done, serve over rice with a bit of the juice spooned on top. Yum. Obviously this is more asian-inspired. I've done it with salmon, trout, tilapia. Easy, quick, not stinky.

Or, I lightly coat the fish in flour and pan-fry (my kids' preferred method). Also easy, a bit more messy, also not stinky. For catfish I rub lightly with mayo and bread in cornmeal and sometimes add some cajun seasoning.

[123LuckyMom]

Leave a little bowl of vinegar out while you're cooking. Also, you can dampen a paper towel in vinegar and wave it around. The vinegar will get rid of the odor.


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[KpbS]

Great tips!! Thank you!

[okinawama]

grilling. every time. DH catches fish regularly, and even hours after being caught, cooked fish smells fishy to me.

[maestramommy]

I turn on the hood ventilator full blast.