It is very common for blue whiting to go unnoticed in the fish market, as it is not the queen of the dance, but this fish (which in some parts of Spain is also called lily) is perfect for settle a dinner cooking it on the grill or in the oven.
Both ways give very good results, and we could even cook it in an air fryer, in order to save ourselves the task of turning on the oven, but if we are going to cook for several people It is a perfect way to eat cheap, good and beautiful fish without staining more than necessary.
The only secret, as always when we grill fish, is to make sure it is very hot so that the fish cooks but without overdoing it. In addition, the toasted skin is wonderful for small fish such as blue whiting.
In addition, one of the advantages of blue whiting, unlike other more expensive fish such as sea bream, sea bass or corvina, is that its shape allows you to control cooking very well, so it is difficult for us to miss the point .
The first thing we must do is head off and scale blue whiting, in addition to removing his guts. If we don’t want to get entangled in this process, we can order it at the fish market without any problem.
Now with the clean fish, you just have to dry it slightly and salt itwhile we heat a small splash of olive oil in a frying pan over high heat, just enough to create the iron effect.
When hot, add the blue whiting, lower the heat to medium power and we cook for three minutes for each side. We serve very hot.
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With what to accompany grilled blue whiting
Ideal for a quick lunch or dinner where we don’t want to get complicated, even without giving up the flavour, grilled blue whiting is a main course option that meets protein and healthy without any problem.
As a first course we can make a chicken soup, a salad or directly go for a little pasta or white rice. In addition, we can also garnish the blue whiting with the salad itself, based on lettuce and tomato, which it would be quite good.
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