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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: Kingfish meat question

I filleted and vacuum packed all of my fish yesterday and I'm home now. While putting more ice in the cooler I noticed the King fillets had turned kind of grey in the vacuum bags. That may be normal but I don't remember it. The red snapper and Almaco jack look just as when packed. Any takers?
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Silver_King · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:35 pm Post subject:

Yeah its gray meat n still good. I like it well fried with lemon flavor fish fry. Even better I love kingfish soaked in Pace mild sause for an hour in the fridge. Then dip in the fish fry mix,fry... spicy n tasty!
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rick sanders · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:56 pm Post subject:

Cut up in very small pieces, soak in milk for a little while, coat with corn meal with salt and pepper, fry until crisp. Excellent.

mechdave · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject:

Something else to try. Steam a chunk of the meat and flake with a fork. Then use your normal tuna salad recipe using the kingfish instead of tuna. Voila Kingfish salad. Works good with barracuda too. Fed this to my kids and they asked why the tuna salad tasted better than usual. I'll never tell. Twisted Evil

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kweber · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject:

or mix the steamed kingfish, some cajun seasoning with onion/jalapeno corn bread mix.
,roll fish/hushpuppy balls in bread crumbs and deep fry.
kingfish balls Very Happy

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Crazyhorse · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject:

It has been a while since I caught a king, but the wife and I liked to take the meat, marinate it with Good Seasons Italian dressing mixfor a few hours, then grill it over a mesquite fire, mighty tasty.
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FALFURRIANO · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:44 pm Post subject:

i heard or read can't recall at the moment that kingfish are too oily to fry and are better suited for grilling......never tried it either way though,cause i have never landed one just got spooled a couple of times fishing on the north jetty on light tackle.
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carolina kinger · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:59 am Post subject:

The meat is fine as wine,got a good recepie for king mackeral nuggets posted in the good eats section of this forum;enjoy. gone fishing.

topdog15 · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:29 am Post subject:

I have a hard time eating a fish that has be coaxed into looking edible by adding milk or lemon juice. This is just my opinion, but kingfish is one of those "cedar plank" fish. You know where you grill it on a cedar plank, throw away the fish, and eat the board.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

If you ball it out the chunks are really, really good smoked. For some reason Kings soak up the brine faster than most fish so I soak the balled out pieces for 30 minutes and then rinse them.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:05 am Post subject:

Thanks guys. I wasn't question the eat/not eat worth of kings, I LOVE them! I just didin't recall the meat turning grey after bagging.

I too don't usually fry the more oily types of fish.................. they are too darn good brined and smoked as Tyler said or just grilled over charcoal and mesquite. YUM!!!!! We'll be having some tonight. You folks that haven't tried it are missing out! Cool

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ROBDOG · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject:

Wow 8 against 1. I will have to try some. I have targeted them many times but always I always CPR'd them or I gave them away. My father always told me they were nasty, but then again he didn't like any fish......

riverrat · Finger Mullet Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 24

Last summer I was determined to find a way to cook Bluefish, I Know, I Know. But I have heard too many stories about the folks in the Northeast that swear they are a delicious. After filleting I soaked them in mild salt and lemon water for 30 minutes, then vacuum bagged it, the first time I saw it in the freezer it looked very grey and like it should be thrown out, I cooked like I do Kings, soak in buttermilk, roll in cracker crumbs and fried in peanut oil, it was good, but not worth the trouble in my book. Bluefish will be frozen with the rest of the BAIT!!! Very Happy

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rawlbay · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject:

What does it mean to "ball out" kingfish? I see this mentioned a lot on line, but have never understood what it means.
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