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Good ways to cook Mexican Bonita?
Hola,
Friend just gave me a lot of lovely Mexican Bonita filets. Any recipe suggestions? I have had it raw but this is more than I will want to eat that
way.
Thanks mucho.
And off-topic but I just was so taken by the humourous idea yet very well done execution; that meat cake was really something to see. A good dessert
to go with it might be LitterBox Cake! Another of my favorites.
Buen provecho!
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Like most oily fish, it smokes real well. That way you can take some out and eat it anytime you like.
Onces smoked, I make tuna salad out of it and put it between two toast pieces of bread, or on a cracker.
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PLEASE CUT OUT THE BLOOD LINE!!!!
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If its the red meat fish, just boil it till its white and use it anyway you want, or just Fry it in Onion, tomato, and garlic
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I think you're talking about BonitA, not BonitO. If you weren't there to feel the fish's teeth give it to your cat.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
I think you're talking about BonitA, not BonitO. |
Bonita
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
I think you're talking about BonitA, not BonitO.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CP
Any recipe suggestions? |
You're on your own with the bonita recipes but here's the one I like for bonito.
1/2" Cedar plank large enough for fish to rest on.
Splash plank with white wine.
Season with salt, pepper, garlic, lemon to taste.
Place plank with fish in covered BBQ and cook 10 minutes.
Add 1/2 cube butter, more wine and red pepper flakes.
Finish cooking until meat flakes with fork.
Splash with more wine
Remove from BBQ and scrape fish off cedar plank.
Throw out fish and eat plank with glass of white wine.
Oops - Sorry. That's my Idaho carp recipe.
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BMG, like I said, you gotta check the fish. The fish in the picture above (not the carp) is a Pacific Bonito not Mexican Bonito -- the one in the
photo has stripes below the lateral line.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
BMG, like I said, you gotta check the fish. The fish in the picture above (not the carp) is a Pacific Bonito not Mexican Bonito -- the one in the
photo has stripes below the lateral line. |
Well then ...... maybe my carp recipe will work fine for the Mexican Bonito after all!
BTW - the bonito pictured was caught off Rio de Janeiro. Must have gotten lost.
[Edited on 9-27-2007 by BMG]
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I struggled with the Bonita vs Bonito for years. I know better now but still call them bonita.
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Have been told Bonita canned with various seasonings is a treat. The oil of a
Bonita has a low flashpoint.
BMG That's a fine carp you have there.
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You can slow smoke them - then mix with cream cheese & butter and you have a gourmet pate
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Price
You can slow smoke them - then mix with cream cheese & butter and you have a gourmet pate |
Does this recipe apply to the Bonita shown above in the blue knit top??????
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Take a cleaned fish and shove it.......
under cold water. Remove that blood line if not smoking it or you can "can" it. It is IMO one of the best smoked fish around. Used to catch em when I
worked at the Portofino/King Harbor Yacht Club in Redondo Beach.Casting feathers was fun for large bonito.
Not familiar with Mex version. Tell me more George., thanx.
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Simple easy fish recipe for camp/beach fire
This works well with tuna sp.
Take a fresh fish. Clean and split in two.
Lay 1/2 fish on foil sheet.
Take one tomato and one onion. Slice thinly and distribute evenly on one half of fish.
Salt and pepper
then cover with other half of fish.
Roll in foil two times and place in med hot tended coals for 1-2hrs, rotating occasionally. Garnish with lemon/lime.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BMG
| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
I think you're talking about BonitA, not BonitO.
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Bonito |
Those belly stripes look like a skipjack to me.
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alan .... are you talking about the bonito or bonita???
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IMO Bonito is best eaten very, very fresh and then most of your usual recipes will work but in no case ever freeze it and then cook it to eat. Not so
good unless you have some hungry cats around!
I think the smoked method would be great to try too.
Just do it!
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At this very mooment I have this mornings Bonita in the pot boiling...then we give the dark stuff to the cats and then take the white meat off the
bones and squeeze the water out of it...then we make 2 yummy dishes..MACHACA...we combine it with cooked cubed potatoes, onion, tomato, garlic, all
thrown together into a tortilla for a machaca burrito...or my favorite TUNA SALAD...many of our guests can attest to it's quality...mix tuna with
onion, celery, pickle, tomatoes, mayo, lime, and a bit of dill if you like...to make tuna salad sandwiches...delicioso. And don't forget the ever
popular CREMA DE ATUN in a blender chuck in some tuna, a couple tablespoons of mayo, some folks put in a bit of cream too, a small can of canned
veggies, salt, some chili chipotle and water to make a dip consistancy and serve with tortilla chips.
[Edited on 9-27-2007 by shari]
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