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Fishing in British Columbia => The Fish Kitchen => Topic started by: Big Steel on March 19, 2007, 11:43:10 AM

Title: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Big Steel on March 19, 2007, 11:43:10 AM: Just wondering what you guys do to prepare your kokanne? The ones I got this weekend, I decided to just go simple, cooked in a fryin pan, with some seasoning.
I just used lemon pepper and garilc, and it was great!! ;D
Hear is a pic of the little buggars after being prepared.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/DMW73/Picture037.jpg?t=1174329743)That plate was empty about 4 min after this pic!! :o ;D
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Derp on March 19, 2007, 11:47:57 AM: r u trying to make us jelous? cuz its working ;D
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Rieber on April 04, 2007, 08:32:48 PM: I just scale them, gut them, leave the skin and fins on, sprinle seasoning salt inside and outsides and pan fry them in butter and oil. Flip them once ofter they brown. Pull the one side off with a fork, then pull all the bones at once with the spine. Nice and easy and very tasty. I do that with all my pan fry size fish. Except walleye and bass. Don't cook Bass skin or you'll go walleyed.

My buddy, scales and cleans them, puts them, individually in tin foil with salt, pepper, butter and a shot if white vinigar. THen pops them on the bar-b-que . He says they're awsome - I keep forgetting to try it that way.

That reminds me, it's time to go and catch some more kokanee.
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: EZ_Rolling on April 04, 2007, 08:46:44 PM: you brought out the good china I see ...lol

I think it needs a little garnish :) maybe a sprig of parsley :)
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Spudcote on April 05, 2007, 05:02:14 PM: 1. Remove can from fridge.
2. Twist off top, or open with pull tab.
3. Consume contents directly from can.

Sorry, it was too easy :P
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Zpg on April 05, 2007, 08:10:51 PM: If you ever find yourself with an extra plate of those tasty guys and nobody to eat them just let me know ;D
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: CAPTAIN BONK on April 24, 2007, 01:52:22 PM: LOOKS TASTY !
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on May 08, 2007, 12:12:24 PM: With the Kokanee I caught I BBQ'ed them with buter and lemon juice along with a cajun seasoning . IT WAS AWSOME . :)
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: BladeKid on May 09, 2007, 08:55:19 PM: ur family sure likes spicy dan
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Big Steel on May 12, 2007, 07:12:05 PM: Quote from: birdman on May 12, 2007, 05:29:24 PM
Quote from: Big Steel on March 19, 2007, 11:43:10 AM
Just wondering what you guys do to prepare your kokanne? The ones I got this weekend, I decided to just go simple, cooked in a fryin pan, with some seasoning.
I just used lemon pepper and garilc, and it was great!! ;D
Hear is a pic of the little buggars after being prepared.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/DMW73/Picture037.jpg?t=1174329743)That plate was empty about 4 min after this pic!! :o ;D
Just a tip after I cooked close to 400 kokanee in the past three summers, I find it's easier to just cut the heads off then peel the meat off with a knife after cooked. You get all the bones out this way and you don't lose any meat at all. Yours looks good though, I may unthaw some tonight.
I thought about that, but they were so easy to fillet it was crazy... so I just did them that way. Don't really remember many bones either, I know I picked the ones I could find out before I cooked them. ;)
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: firstlight on June 10, 2007, 06:10:18 PM: Anyone ever tried Blackened Trout or Kokanee?

You dip the fillet in butter and then in the Blackened seasoning/coating and then in to a cast iron fry pan that cant get any hotter.
Thats right,you put the fry pan on high for at least 10 minutes.
When the fish hits the pan thesmoke is intense so make sure you have the fan going if doing indoors.

The ywill only take a minute on each side for fillets like Kokanee and maybe two a side for larger fillets.

Im drooling just thinkng about how good this is and if you like a lit spice once in a while,this isnt a bad way to get your fix. ;D
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: fintail1 on July 22, 2007, 11:07:59 AM: i have put kokanee fillets in a breaded coat and deep fried them in a pot of oil, they actually tasted good and i made a filet o fish outa them ,
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: bcsixgill on June 16, 2009, 11:35:40 AM: Clean em, scale em, dredge them in seasoned flour and put in a hot cast iron fry pan with oil and butter until nicely browned and crisp on the outside. A minute or two before taking them out, tossed in a little minced garlic (careful not to burn it) and squeeze lemon on them.
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: BNF861 on June 27, 2009, 07:05:12 PM: My uncle and two people were up at kawkawa a week or so ago and they all limited out on kokanee that day. They had a decent amount between the three of them so they smoked them all. Tried some and boy was it good.
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: drivel on June 29, 2009, 12:14:21 AM: pretty much the same as trout filets:

breaded in panko, salt and pepper and cayenne pepper.

fried in non stick or cast iron in oil/butter combo 'til crispy. Serve right out of the pan. simple, fresh and awesome!
Title: Re: How do you guys cook Kokanne?
Post by: Float Drowner on July 09, 2009, 04:23:23 PM: Clean it, take head and tail off. Get the tinfoil out, put some olive oil into the tinfoil and put the fish in. Sprinkle with kosher salt and some pepper. Wrap it up and put on the BBQ. Add a little lemon at the end. Adding lemon before you cook it draws the fat out of the fish and they can go tough and dry.