What fish have deliciously edible skins? [closed]

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I love salmon skins, especially when fried or oven roasted. I also always eat the skin when I have a filet.

  • What other fish have deliciously yummy skins that can stand on their own like a salmon skin can?
  • Are there fish whose skins are generally avoided? Examples?
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Best Answer

The skin of all the small fish I have tried is delicious. I have never tried, e.g. tuna skin, and I imagine that it is too tough and I also wouldn't eat shark skin. Back when I used to eat fish, I always ate the skin, and found it to be the best part. Beware, though, as while the skin concentrates the deliciousness, it also concentrates the mercury and other contaminants, so you may consider limiting your intake.



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What fish can you not eat the skin?

Safety aside, certain fish skins just don't taste good. Avoid eating tuna skin, which is thick and tough, and skate skin, which is prickly. Swordfish and monkfish also have thick, leathery skins that you probably want to avoid. Salmon skin is delicious, as is barramundi skin\u2014especially when cooked nice and crispy.

What fish skin is edible?

Fish known for having delicious skin include bass, barramundi, flounder, mackerel, salmon, and snapper. On the other hand, less tasty skin is found on monkfish, skate, swordfish, and tuna. Further, chefs are getting creative with fish skin on restaurant menus.

Can you eat seabass skin?

Salmon, branzino, sea bass, snapper, flounder, and mackerel skin are all delicious when cooked until crisp. But Usewicz says you should forget about ever trying to eat tuna skin (it's way too tough) or skate skin, which has thorn-like barbs in it (fortunately most skate is sold already cleaned).

Can you eat the skin on trout?

It's now commonplace for chefs to season and then sear the skin until crispy, then serve the fish portion skin side up. These days, a good rule of thumb is that if your snapper, bass, trout, or salmon is plated that way, the flavorful skin is intended to be eaten.



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Answer 2

Trout - fried in butter with almond chips. Simple, quick, utterly sublime...

Answer 3

Salmon skin is also really delicious crisped up and mixed into sushi rolls, if you're into making that kind of stuff at home. I usually just put in the salmon skin, rice, and a little bit of avocado.

Answer 4

Striped Bass and Red Snapper have great skin which you can leave on when preparing fish, and then let crisp up and eat with the fillet.

Answer 5

Halibut skin is great by itself. I had it out here where my brother cooks, and it was fantastic. The skin is thick enough that, when baked for a while, it can stand on its own like a cracker. That's how they served it at The Willows: baked until crisp, then topped with dollops of a clam puree and a dusting of powdered wakame. It probably wouldn't be too difficult to make something similar in a home kitchen.

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