I have a frozen fish head. What should I do with it?
I butterflied a whole dorade but removed the head. It's now sitting in the freezer waiting for a soup or stock. Does anyone know a more interesting or creative use for fish heads?
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South-east Asian cuisine often uses fish heads in stews or steamed. I remember seeing a recipe for fish head stew. Try this one: http://www.malaysianfood.net/recipes/recipefishheadcurry.htm
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What can I do with fish heads and guts?
The easiest way to dispose of them is to simply bury them in a hole near the campsite. Many people will also bag them up to take home and use them as garden fertilizer. Perhaps the best way to use the fish remains is to cook them for use a tasty broth, as soup, or in a stew with vegetables and herbs and spices.Are you supposed to eat the fish head?
Whole Head Apart from the gills, the entire fish head is edible, but it's not always efficient or convenient to cook the parts separately. Greening says that in addition to boiling, they also fry or smoke the heads over alder until crispy.How long does fish head last?
Will keep refrigerated for 3 days, or frozen for 2 months.How to Properly Quick Thaw Frozen Fish
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I guess you could look into making your own fermented fish sauce, but for that you are really supposed to use whole small fish. And a single head will not get you very far.
If you had heads from larger fish you could cut out the cheeks and cook something with those. I had a pasta dish once where the sauce was made with cod cheeks and that was delicious. Having said that though, it is still just fish meat. The cheek meat is not that different from cod fillet.
As for your single dorade head, your best bet is probably still to use it for stock or soup. I usually keep two boxes in the freezer, one for meat and one for fish, where I just toss anything that will work in a stock. Fish heads, prawn shells, chicken carcasses, meat trimmings, it all goes in there. Even vegetables, like carrots that have gone soft, leek greens etc. Once the boxes are filled up I make the stock and start the box over again.
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