Thread: Grilling Crappie ????

BURP. thanks good reading

I use a panini maker...sort of like a GF grill. I have a bottle of Seafood Seasonings that I use. Sometimes I soak the fish in beer and sometimes in Italian Dressing.

My favorite is a Ciabatta Fish Sandwich! Ciabatta bread, butter, garlic, Italian cheese, and Ranch dressing (or Spicy Ranch)and fish. I use salmon too when I don't have crappie.

We like to take bigger fillets and bake 'em in the oven. Something a little different but very good.

Preheat oven to 350'

Place 2 Tablespoons of Real butter in an oven safe pan and melt in oven.
Place crappie fillets (about 1 lb.) in the butter and turn once.
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of fresh ground pepper or to your taste.
Lemon pepper to taste and 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder (not garlic salt)
Add a dash of regular salt.

Top with sliced red sweet onion.
Sprinkle with butter buds. (to taste)

Bake at 350' for 10-14 minutes. If you would like your fillets to be drier bake for 16 minutes.
Serve Hot with steamed vegetables.

Originally Posted by slider1

skin on is the way the cajun's cook red fish on the grill.........awesome!

I like my fish cleaned.:rolleyes:

Slabbandit, now your talking my language!!! I pretty much do the same thing, but I cook my crappie on a charcoal grill, w/ a flat SS perf grating. All that flavor + a lil' smoke! Woo-HA. -Steve

WOW 10 minutes seems long to me. I'd say for a 3/8 of a pound filet no more than 3-4 minutes as it cooks both sides at once???

I grilled some crappie filets on the BBQ this evening. I just used a little old bay on them then served then with lemon wedges. They turned out great. The seasoning and the smoke flavor blended well. The wife was verysuprised how good they were and wants me to do this on a reguler basis now. Hmm that gives me a good excuse to go fishing.