Smoked Yellowtail and Curry Fried Sheepshead/yellowtail

[Zfish03]

Recently bought a traeger smoker off craigslist...Its been treating me well!
Here is a smoker recipe that works great with YT or salmon.
The curry fry works great with rockfish and sheepshead.

Smoked Yellowtail:
I love the collars and belly meat. When I fillet it, I cut the entire belly/ribs out with everything else. Then i make yellowtail "lamb chops" to smoked. It works great. Skin is crispy and pulled off easily, meat just falls off the bone.
Making the brine:
Brown Sugar
Garlic
salt
lemon
water

(You can adjust the ingredients to how much fish you have, you want the mix to coat everything)

In a large bowl,
-combine about a 1-2 cups of brown sugar.
-1/4-1/3 cup salt
-Table spoon chopped garlic
-half fresh squeezed lemon
- 4-5 cups water.
stir and mix
load the fillets in, cover, place in fridge for 2-6 hours or even overnight. Then place on a rack to dry for an hour. Should form a nice glaze.

Preheat smoker on smoke setting, place fillets skin side down. keep on smoke for 30 min than up it to 225 F. Cook for 2-3 hours.

End result




Curry Fry:
-Curry powder
-sea salt
-butter
-olive oil

Fillet fish into 2'' width and 4-6'' long strips.
On a large cutting board place a few tablespoons of curry powder and a few pinches of sea salt. Coat all layers of the fillet.

Preheat a medium/large pan on medium/high
wait till its hot and place butter and a few dabs of olive oil.
Cook two sides for about 2-3 min, place on paper towel and plate.


This goes great with greek yogurt or sour cream. Try mixing it with a handful of chopped cilantro, squeeze of lemon, and sea salt.




Enjoy!

[Dannowar]

The traeger was the best thing to ever happen to me. Just smoked some bluefin today. Quality purchase and quality catch dude!

[easyday]

Nice. Fish report and a recipie.

[JarrodMc]

Very cool. Thanks man. I've got some YT and BFT going in my smoker tomorrow morning

[619-SWIM-DOG]

I got a traeger for Father's Day, damn im spoiled. It works great.

[RK]

looks like an ounce of mexican brick weed on that baking tray.

[janines.fishtales@cox.net]

Originally Posted by RK

looks like an ounce of mexican brick weed on that baking tray.

We know where your head is at!

Actually, nice recipes and nice way to use almost all the fish with no waste. I got a couple of YFT day before yesterday. Someone suggested using the small "tail" ends of the loins for smoking. I will try that with the suggested brine.

Thanks!

J

[Silbaugh4liberty]

That looks Damn good. Thanks for sharing your recipes!