Redfish on the Half Shell

[woodduck]

Our church has hosted several Men's Retreats to fish on the Texas coast. One of our first trips was to Port Mansfield along with another church from McAllen. It was on this trip that I learned to grill redfish on the half shell.

Recipe:
Redfish filet and "throat" with skin and scales attached. Score filet so it does not curl and slather it with butter and italian seasoning. Grill until done and then cover with heaping handful of mozzarella cheese and melt. Serve in the skin.

This is the best fish recipe I have ever had and even works well with freshwater drum we have learned recently. Makes you consider mercury poisoning!

Give it a try.

[no1hogkiller]

That sounds good.
Done that making width cuts. Fill with butter, garlic powder and Tony's or cayanne. Workd on flounder too but the whole descaled fish.

[brymor31]

Yum!!!!!!

[scoootr_p]

Yummers

[hoyt_maniac]

yes this is the best way i have found to cook redfish its one of my favorite ways to eat fish

[cosmiccowboy]

I've done halfshell at least a dozen different ways and my favorite topping/seasoning is thick and chunky salsa. No need for butter/oil etc.

[TXArrowSlinger]

Sounds Awesome..I love some redfish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CaptJack]

I still think it is better to scrap the scales off of the Redfish's skin, but leave the skin on and cook the fillet on a piece of aluminum foil. Then I eat it off of the aluminum foil.

I cook all my fillets on aluminum foil on the grill, with or without the skin. I use my gas grill turned down to the lowest setting with a tuna can full of wood chips on the burner. Don't put the fish on until the wood chips start smoking. The fillets don't normally take more than 10'minutes.

[Ricky T]

The beauty of half-shell redfish IMO is not having to scale the ding dong things. I do like skin on most fish, though.

[bowhntrmatt]

This sounds good. I'll have to try it!

[dozer]

Redfish on the Half Shell

Also one of my faves

[CaptJack]

redfish have big scales - you can knock them off with the back of your fillet knife
but I have one of those plastic scalers that works great !!


this is my fish cleaning stuff
the glove is kevlar with stainless stands in it
the red brush is for cleaning out the blood line and guts
Accusharp for keeping an edge on the knife
and a good ole clamp cleaning board - still works great !!

[Ricky T]

Admittedly, Jack, I haven't tried the redfish skinned without scales. Probably will be good. I don't have a plastic scraper but a metal one and will try the next couple I run into. My fish cleaning arsenal is similar otherwise.

[CaptJack]

Rick - If you scale the fish you will need to use the aluminum foil
but it makes everything soooo much easier...
spray the aluminum foil with a little PAM

[wpcattleco]

Makes my mouth water thinking about it.