Salt Baked Fish Recipe

Today I’m posting a recipe that we tried last year for the first time and it’s just great. I’m sure this is one of the simpler recipes to make fish. We use this fish recipe all the time now. Also because we prefer the taste of fish with no herbs or spices and I really think you should try this, too. ;)

All you need to make the fish this way is: 2 boxes of kosher salt and 2 whole fishes (Well, this actually depends on how many portions you want to make and how big the fish is.). You can make trout, sea bream, sea bass or whatever fish you want. There are only two important things to remember about this recipe: it has to be a whole fish (as fresh as you can get it) and leave the skin and scales on.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (360 degrees F).

Pour one-half box of salt into baking dish, lay the fish on the salt bed and completely cover it with the remaining salt (1 ½ box). Place it in the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes – depending on the size of the fish.

Meanwhile you can prepare your side dish(es) – whatever you want: potato, rice, veggies …

Once cooked, remove from the oven. Gently crack the salt crust and remove the crust from the top of the fish. Remove lumps of salt and then remove the skin on the top side of the fish – it should come off easily (in one piece), which means the fish is cooked perfectly – and take the fish fillet off the bones.