Boiled Fish - American Recipe

Boiled Fish

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Large covered saucepan, Colander

Classic boiled fish prepared in the simple American home style.

Ingredients

• Fish weighing from 2 to 4 pounds

Method

1. Wash — the fish, cut off the head and tail, and tie or sew the fish in a piece of clean white cheese-cloth.
2. Put — the fish in a large saucepan of rapidly boiling water, to which a tablespoon of vinegar has been added.
3. Reduce — the heat at once, and let simmer for thirty minutes if the fish weighs 2 pounds, and fifteen minutes longer for each additional pound.
4. Lift — the fish out of the saucepan, and put it into a colander to drain.
5. When — thoroughly drained open the cloth, lift the fish out by the sides of the cloth, and roll it carefully onto a hot serving platter.

Tags: fish · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)

Notes

Serve with Hollandaise Sauce (page 32).

Cross-References

• See (page 32)