One of the tricks with a fish basket is to not clamp it closed so the fish sits loosely and just squeeze it enough so they don't fall out when you turn them, much less sticking, you can leave it completely unfolded close it gently turn unfold with a little jiggle to release the skin and unfold again, of you do several turns you can oil the fish and basket each time.
Another trick to do is place 1/4 inch slices of orange or lemon one or two on the fish then close them in the basket to cook. Helps keep the fish slight raised away from the metal so effectively the fish is being suspended in the closed basket!
Thanks for posting this. I'm going to try grilling a fish for the first time this week and it really helped to see. I like the way you narrate the process and explain the trial and error aspects. It's much more helpful than watching someone do a perfectly rehearsed dish.
Here's what i do when i grill a fish I learned this on the Mediterranean sea. When using a fish basket, put parsley on both sides of the fish preventing the fish net from sticking. Also when you flip a fish, you have to brush it with oil and lemon. Lastly, before opening the basket: KNOCK it on both sides it will fall by itself. Mine never stick and i don't even spray anything on it. Also, cook on low flame of course.
I really appreciate your honesty man. I practice the same thing on my channel. In fact I'm literally uploading a second attempt video for a whole grilled catfish video I did where it stuck to the grill. I went and did my homework, and the new one turned out amazing. Kudos to you for sticking with it (see what I did there, lol) and coming right back with another one!
That is great Ron, thanks for the feedback. We really do try to keep it as real as possible here. It doesn't alwasy work out the way that we want it to. Whether its at home or here on youtube.
Nice video mate.. Regards from Indonesia... We eat grilled fish everyday, really nice seing you grilling fish the way we do. About the coming off skin and sticky, try to find the fish that hasnt got red eyes, red eyed fish means it's no longer fresh. Here in Indonesia we believe that. If you grilled some red eyed fish, it will be sticky, and the meat is easy to fall off, and often get shattered. Very fresh fish shouldnt get red-eyed. Waiting for your next video!!
I don't know about everyone else but grilling the fish in a tray works very well for me. I get all of that charcoal flavor and no sticking. If the color isn't to your liking, you can always finish off the last bit with a butane torch.
Ideas 💡 When you grill the fish ,you can also use 🌰 🧅 choped and lay the fish on top of the onion You could use spiragas, make like a small bridge and lay the fish on top .
great job! two comments which are personal preferences: 1. I generally avoid cutting fish of that size cuase they become a bit mor dry inside. (cutting is recommended in larger fish) 2. To get the fish out of the grill basket oil the basket (a bit) one last time
Nice comparison with the grill and without. I plan grill my parrot fishes tomorrow and after watching your vid, seems coating with oil and cook on grill may be easier than using the fish grill itself. Great tip!
Fantastic video. It's nice to see the pitfalls of grilling fish as showcased here. Notice how other videos have this picture perfect presentation at the end ? . Finally something relatable to the rest of us.
Wow, they look absolutely delicious!!! I love Yellow Tail!!! Excellent presentation!!! I personally don’t mind a little char on the food! The fun part about cooking is the trial and error, and eventually that eureka moment when you discover an effective technique or delicious recipe!!! Thanks for sharing your experience and I look forward to your next video!!! ☮️🖖🏽
Looks great. My advice is use the opposite side of the grill basket. I suspect you had the bent metal towards each other with your fish in-between. The grill basket is supposed to fit the fish inside. But it all looked great!! Now I'm hungry for that fish! Thank you
@FOGOcharcoal Please cook more fish again! I forgot to mention how I do it. I put onion slices between the fish skin and the grill basket so the fish is held firmly but the fish cannot stick-- only the onion slices!!! I love using FOGO mesquite on my grills. Lots of beautiful chunks and NO junk dust. I appreciate you all. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Chef . My next project is fish on the BarBQ so I need to lerner more tips. Where can I get dose black gloves for protection. The fish look amazing. I do have salt blocks.
You should use butter next time and touch of olive oil so it doesn’t burn and brush butter T the end so it’s not dry and releases from the bars maybe? I loved your idea!!! Defs getting a subscription from me
Dude your awesome try crisco to oil the fish basket or grill. We live in Hollywood beach and shore fish, we learned from old local fishing guys how to do this so good for you posting your videos. It takes more than once to ace this but who cares as long as it tastes good!!
Enjoyed watching the experiment! I have never had much luck with fish baskets; similar and often worse loss of skin when opening. Direct has always worked best for me; just need to keep the fire down and not fill the forebowl up as full as normal.
Cook it on a piece of lightly oiled aluminum foil, just large enough to flip the fish to the unused portion when ready , the grill marks come right thru without burning and the fish does not stick, it still gets all the flavor of being grilled.
bigger basket. Let it slide inside. Easier than flippin on the grill and worrying about space. Use a basket without painted parts, i'm talking about a basket made of simple welded steel, something produced from a tinkering teenage kid in the garage or backyard made from reclaimed metal.
You did everything perfectly well, but the fire was flaming and it was too high and reached the skin. Make sure the skin of the fish is very dry, wipe with a paper towel then add seasonings, and oil to coat.Nice job though.
Try to dry age the fish for 3/4 days Will be perfectly dry at the time you will grill, and the skin will not stick and will be super crispy. Remember always to have a very clean and oiled grill. Before grill, put oil and sea salt also in the skin of the fish.
Chef, how do you dryage Fish? Hanging it in your fridge? does it need to be a dedicated fridge for fish or your general home fridge will be enough? - Thanks, Sebastian
At work i have a fish chiller at +1/2C, but you can use also your house chiller, just check more frequent because the house chiller have fan and its very dry, maybe it will take just a couple of days. Hang the fish for the tail. Be sure the fish is very dry and with no residual blood in the stomach and in the internal spine before start the aging.
That charcoal is way to much on 🔥 🔥 you should let the charcoal burn until its covered with white ash. Then if you're bbqing fish the grill should be closer to the charcoal then if it's meat because fish cooks in less time than meat.
Dont do that. Just brush the fish with oil and lemon. cook it on low heat, then knock the basket on both sides before opening. it will fall off by its self. I also use parsley on both side on the fish so it won't stick. i also use a single basket.
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Please take that soundtrack, generously oil it, then burn it into oblivion. The fish looks great! And I just got my first order of Fogo Charcoal. It does burn nice and hot and the ashes are noticeably less than regular charcoal.
@@FOGOcharcoal That music that begins at 1 minute reminds me of soft porn. 😮 Sorry!! The intro music is nice and strong. But I really don't qualify to criticize because I'm not posting. Your video production is excellent, top quality work. Keep on grillin', you do excellent on that Green Egg. (?) I'm a Weber kettle fan, love grilling on my Weber!! And now, it's even better with the Fogo Charcoal... Man, now I want to grill something, and it's not even 7 AM!
You cannot rely on timing, you have to be checking the doneness after 4 min. Your fire might be too hot or too cold compared to the last time, so check the meat always. Those baskets look like the answer, but NOT. Oiling the grill many times before placing the fish, and lots of olive oil on the fish, not the spray you were using. When I saw that, I knew you would have trouble and let's face it, the taste of fresh olive oil cannot be beaten.
It's funny this guy don't even know how to cookies this trouble shooting everything on the grill and call it Fogo you shouldn't represent their charcoal if you don't know how to cook stop experimenting on their time I see what you cook I cook it way better stop pretending to be a cook.
I bought this as my first propane grill. It's been a fun, learning experience th-cam.com/users/postUgkxCx5fHawkK9OoV-ojFrY8JLnZrFwAmvUt . I think it's a bit too pricey after looking at other grills, but it wasn't hard to put together and it works really well. I love the side burner option for heating food during a power outage. I have an electric stove and live in the South (Hurricane season), so this was a bonus. I also bought a cover for it and it has protected it nicely (the Char Broil All-Season Grill Cover 3-4 Burner: Large). Every few grill sessions, I take the rack (or grate) and burner covers off and clean them with a non-abrasive scrubby and mild soap. I wipe the excess off of the bottom as well, taking care to avoid the gas and pilot lines.
You should use butter next time and touch of olive oil so it doesn’t burn and brush butter T the end so it’s not dry and releases from the bars maybe? I loved your idea!!! Defs getting a subscription from me
One of the tricks with a fish basket is to not clamp it closed so the fish sits loosely and just squeeze it enough so they don't fall out when you turn them, much less sticking, you can leave it completely unfolded close it gently turn unfold with a little jiggle to release the skin and unfold again, of you do several turns you can oil the fish and basket each time.
You know what, I am definitely going to try that, thank you!
Another trick to do is place 1/4 inch slices of orange or lemon one or two on the fish then close them in the basket to cook. Helps keep the fish slight raised away from the metal so effectively the fish is being suspended in the closed basket!
@@sprig6043 Yes, this is definitely a great way to do i. Plus, it can give a nice citrus flavor too.
There is a bigger fish basket on Amazon that I love. It cleans in seconds, as long as you oil the fish skin before grilling
This is the answer! They do it here in portugal like that all the time, and the fish here is amazing!
You took that "constructive criticism" on your last video well and came back like a champion on part 2
Thanks for posting this. I'm going to try grilling a fish for the first time this week and it really helped to see. I like the way you narrate the process and explain the trial and error aspects. It's much more helpful than watching someone do a perfectly rehearsed dish.
I love and appreciate your honesty about what works AND what does not!
Thank you, we try to keep it real.
One of the more truly honest fish grilling videos I've seen. Looks so delicious wish I was there to taste it. I'll take the one with the extra char.
Here's what i do when i grill a fish I learned this on the Mediterranean sea. When using a fish basket, put parsley on both sides of the fish preventing the fish net from sticking. Also when you flip a fish, you have to brush it with oil and lemon. Lastly, before opening the basket: KNOCK it on both sides it will fall by itself. Mine never stick and i don't even spray anything on it. Also, cook on low flame of course.
Those all look AWESOME!!!👏
I love your honesty ❤
Thank you, we try to keep it very real.
I really appreciate your honesty man. I practice the same thing on my channel. In fact I'm literally uploading a second attempt video for a whole grilled catfish video I did where it stuck to the grill. I went and did my homework, and the new one turned out amazing. Kudos to you for sticking with it (see what I did there, lol) and coming right back with another one!
That is great Ron, thanks for the feedback. We really do try to keep it as real as possible here. It doesn't alwasy work out the way that we want it to. Whether its at home or here on youtube.
Absolutely perfect, had fish done both ways in Greece,superb to say the least.
Glad you enjoyed it. Now I want to go to Greece to try....
Nice video mate.. Regards from Indonesia... We eat grilled fish everyday, really nice seing you grilling fish the way we do. About the coming off skin and sticky, try to find the fish that hasnt got red eyes, red eyed fish means it's no longer fresh. Here in Indonesia we believe that. If you grilled some red eyed fish, it will be sticky, and the meat is easy to fall off, and often get shattered. Very fresh fish shouldnt get red-eyed. Waiting for your next video!!
I don't know about everyone else but grilling the fish in a tray works very well for me. I get all of that charcoal flavor and no sticking. If the color isn't to your liking, you can always finish off the last bit with a butane torch.
Ideas 💡
When you grill the fish ,you can also use 🌰 🧅 choped and lay the fish on top of the onion
You could use spiragas, make like a small bridge and lay the fish on top .
yes, all very good options, thank you!
Are you a chef?
great job! two comments which are personal preferences:
1. I generally avoid cutting fish of that size cuase they become a bit mor dry inside. (cutting is recommended in larger fish)
2. To get the fish out of the grill basket oil the basket (a bit) one last time
Nice comparison with the grill and without. I plan grill my parrot fishes tomorrow and after watching your vid, seems coating with oil and cook on grill may be easier than using the fish grill itself. Great tip!
Good luck!
I push the charcoals to one side and cook the fish indirectly, then give them a minute or 2 over the coals to make the skin crispy.
That’s exactly how I grill my fish.
Nice!!!!!! Came back better
Hi! Great content! Where did you get that fish basket from? Thanks!
It just came from a local BBQ store
Fantastic video. It's nice to see the pitfalls of grilling fish as showcased here. Notice how other videos have this picture perfect presentation at the end ? . Finally something relatable to the rest of us.
I like the honesty. this is real bbq.
OMG! You did so- good sonny!🤯
Thank you!
Wow, they look absolutely delicious!!! I love Yellow Tail!!! Excellent presentation!!! I personally don’t mind a little char on the food! The fun part about cooking is the trial and error, and eventually that eureka moment when you discover an effective technique or delicious recipe!!! Thanks for sharing your experience and I look forward to your next video!!! ☮️🖖🏽
Delicious! Excellent video and love the background music.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an enjoyable video
Glad you liked it!
Where did you get that wood cutting board? Very cool.
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Thanks for the video
Thank you Jose!
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Great video and background music! Know that fishy was yummy
Looks great. My advice is use the opposite side of the grill basket. I suspect you had the bent metal towards each other with your fish in-between. The grill basket is supposed to fit the fish inside. But it all looked great!! Now I'm hungry for that fish! Thank you
I think it's time to cook a whole fish again.
@FOGOcharcoal Please cook more fish again! I forgot to mention how I do it. I put onion slices between the fish skin and the grill basket so the fish is held firmly but the fish cannot stick-- only the onion slices!!! I love using FOGO mesquite on my grills. Lots of beautiful chunks and NO junk dust. I appreciate you all. Keep up the great work!
@@carlosu8229 that, my friend, is a genius maneuver!
thank you brother for shearing
You are very welcome!
Thank you Chef . My next project is fish on the BarBQ so I need to lerner more tips. Where can I get dose black gloves for protection. The fish look amazing. I do have salt blocks.
Try Jamaican style snapper, take the fins off, put salt, black pepper, garlic and fish seasoning and stuff the belly with thyme and green onions.
You should use butter next time and touch of olive oil so it doesn’t burn and brush butter T the end so it’s not dry and releases from the bars maybe? I loved your idea!!! Defs getting a subscription from me
Hey Great video Sebastian! I definitely think planked fish done correctly produces a very flavorful fish. I would love to see a video of it!
Awesome, I have some other's scheduled in the meantime, but will get that done for sure!
Dude your awesome try crisco to oil the fish basket or grill. We live in Hollywood beach and shore fish, we learned from old local fishing guys how to do this so good for you posting your videos. It takes more than once to ace this but who cares as long as it tastes good!!
I would like to see a video about properly using a plank on the grill.
Great video because I love grilled fish. I usually use a fish basket. 👍
In the works! Thanks for watching :)
Enjoyed watching the experiment! I have never had much luck with fish baskets; similar and often worse loss of skin when opening. Direct has always worked best for me; just need to keep the fire down and not fill the forebowl up as full as normal.
I think I did ok-ish this time, but yeah fire too hot! Next I will try fish on salt block and plank
@@FOGOcharcoal Oh, I think you did great!
Thanks for both videos, good job! Now it's time for me to try ;)
At 0:29 "...taste was absolutely SPECTACULAR" what !!??😃😄😄
Another great video. I have the same problem with fish, they seem to stick no matter what I do. These look delicious.
Thanks Ron, missed ya! ;)
Put parsley on both sides: brush the fish with oil and lemon when you flip it. And knock the basket before you open it. It will never stick.
Great video Thank you
Cook it on a piece of lightly oiled aluminum foil, just large enough to flip the fish to the unused portion when ready , the grill marks come right thru without burning and the fish does not stick, it still gets all the flavor of being grilled.
Always wanted to grill a fish, how long do I have to wait for the fish to be cooked?
Thank you for the amazing tip.
It does not take too long at all. Just until the meat turns white and flaky.
@@FOGOcharcoal Yesterday I burned the skin a litlle bit but the meat is superb, thank you so much :D
I am glad it turned out
Hoa about trying Rib-O-Lator with fish?
I heard if u take a lemon and rub it on the grill grates the skin won’t stick
I've heard that as well. I'll try it out next time, thanks!
bigger basket. Let it slide inside. Easier than flippin on the grill and worrying about space.
Use a basket without painted parts, i'm talking about a basket made of simple welded steel, something produced from a tinkering teenage kid in the garage or backyard made from reclaimed metal.
That is actually a great tip, thaks!
Looks amazing,, what kind of spray did you use ?
Do scrape the skin before you put it on the grill ?
You can if you want to. Some believe that the scales help prevent it from sticking more
You did everything perfectly well, but the fire was flaming and it was too high and reached the skin. Make sure the skin of the fish is very dry, wipe with a paper towel then add seasonings, and oil to coat.Nice job though.
The secret is to over oil the grill and there should be no moist in the fish......but you did terrific in grilling the fish.....
beautiful! thanks! subscribed!
Do it on a banana leaf. You will not have any issue at all. You will also get some char as the leave slowly gets rent by the fire.
Try using a cast iron skillet and the soapstone.
Love it! Griddle or Cast iron should do well for sure, soapstone I hadn't thought about, have you used it?
FOGO Charcoal yes, both work great..
Try to dry age the fish for 3/4 days
Will be perfectly dry at the time you will grill, and the skin will not stick and will be super crispy.
Remember always to have a very clean and oiled grill.
Before grill, put oil and sea salt also in the skin of the fish.
Chef, how do you dryage Fish? Hanging it in your fridge? does it need to be a dedicated fridge for fish or your general home fridge will be enough? - Thanks, Sebastian
At work i have a fish chiller at +1/2C, but you can use also your house chiller, just check more frequent because the house chiller have fan and its very dry, maybe it will take just a couple of days.
Hang the fish for the tail.
Be sure the fish is very dry and with no residual blood in the stomach and in the internal spine before start the aging.
Use less charcol put an oiled aluminum foil over grill place fish over oiled aluminum foil wont stick.
Great tip, thanks for sharing!!!🙏🏼
Spray em down good with some pam and you are good
if you dont want fish to stick in basket remove it from the basket as soon as it has finished cooking not once it has cooled off
Great tip Kyel, thank you!
shit this looks good as hell im about to head to the fish market rn
Wife : what were you watching last night?? Are you watching porn again!!?
Me:
Watching a dude grill a fish.
you could use that grill as a microphone filter, it will work great.
I didn't had that in the cave where I was recording the voice over 🤣
Have your charcoal in my cart on AMAZON
Excellent! I hope you enjoy it
Must turn it in to the plate
That charcoal is way to much on 🔥 🔥 you should let the charcoal burn until its covered with white ash. Then if you're bbqing fish the grill should be closer to the charcoal then if it's meat because fish cooks in less time than meat.
Thanks for the tips!
use a fish slice to get it off the grill basket
Guys what about wrapping the fish in foil and then putting it in basket? Has anyone tried that? Then it won’t stick to the basket imo.
Dont do that. Just brush the fish with oil and lemon. cook it on low heat, then knock the basket on both sides before opening. it will fall off by its self. I also use parsley on both side on the fish so it won't stick. i also use a single basket.
NICE VIDEO...JUST A TIP....IN SUCH A SMALL SIZE FISHES NEVER MAKE A CUT...WILL GET DRY NOT JUICY
Thanks for the tip!!
Ypu are cooking it on high flame.. Please next time you cook it on medium or low heat..
maybe looser contact between the bars of the grill and the fish
yeah, still working on fish. Temperature is key, I always cook way too hot, fish is delicate and doesn't need as much heat as meat.
Absolutely
Try wrapping the fish with banana leaf.
Thanks for the tip!
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That's Frogo Charcoal.....
Is not only you, a lot do that, why not cut the head and tail off, the poor fish is looking at you while you are BBQ it.
There is good meat in the head!
Please take that soundtrack, generously oil it, then burn it into oblivion.
The fish looks great! And I just got my first order of Fogo Charcoal. It does burn nice and hot and the ashes are noticeably less than regular charcoal.
Thanks! What kind of music do you prefer, we can definitely mix it up a bit haha
@@FOGOcharcoal That music that begins at 1 minute reminds me of soft porn. 😮 Sorry!! The intro music is nice and strong. But I really don't qualify to criticize because I'm not posting. Your video production is excellent, top quality work. Keep on grillin', you do excellent on that Green Egg. (?) I'm a Weber kettle fan, love grilling on my Weber!! And now, it's even better with the Fogo Charcoal... Man, now I want to grill something, and it's not even 7 AM!
You cannot rely on timing, you have to be checking the doneness after 4 min. Your fire might be too hot or too cold compared to the last time, so check the meat always. Those baskets look like the answer, but NOT. Oiling the grill many times before placing the fish, and lots of olive oil on the fish, not the spray you were using. When I saw that, I knew you would have trouble and let's face it, the taste of fresh olive oil cannot be beaten.
I like it a lot, thanks. I will be trying that next time!
What’s with the gloves? Are you afraid of dead fish??
Just practicing food safety
Just cooked WAY too long. Fish is done at about 114°F. Get a probe thermometer. Or more experience. :)
Coat the fish with mayo. Just saw this tip
I keep getting thrown off every time you say “yellowtail”
For this yellowtail snapper.
Where I’m from, yellowtail refers to the yellowtail amberjack
the fish is not fresh already...the eyes are very red
Thank you, we will watch for that better in the future! great tip.
burnt
It's funny this guy don't even know how to cookies this trouble shooting everything on the grill and call it Fogo you shouldn't represent their charcoal if you don't know how to cook stop experimenting on their time I see what you cook I cook it way better stop pretending to be a cook.
Thank you, I will have a little talk with him!
I bought this as my first propane grill. It's been a fun, learning experience th-cam.com/users/postUgkxCx5fHawkK9OoV-ojFrY8JLnZrFwAmvUt . I think it's a bit too pricey after looking at other grills, but it wasn't hard to put together and it works really well. I love the side burner option for heating food during a power outage. I have an electric stove and live in the South (Hurricane season), so this was a bonus. I also bought a cover for it and it has protected it nicely (the Char Broil All-Season Grill Cover 3-4 Burner: Large). Every few grill sessions, I take the rack (or grate) and burner covers off and clean them with a non-abrasive scrubby and mild soap. I wipe the excess off of the bottom as well, taking care to avoid the gas and pilot lines.
Enjoy!
@@FOGOcharcoalHOW ABOUT A DUSTING OF FLOUR NEXT TIME
You should use butter next time and touch of olive oil so it doesn’t burn and brush butter T the end so it’s not dry and releases from the bars maybe? I loved your idea!!! Defs getting a subscription from me