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Puttanesca baked fish with salsa verde.

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Simple yet stunning whole fish recipes for summer

Think you can't cook whole fish? Think again. Just dress your fish and throw it in the oven or steamer, and you're set for a simple celebration or show-stopping supper.

17 recipes
Puttanesca baked fish with salsa verde.
EASY

Puttanesca whole baked snapper with salsa verde

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Steamed whole baby snapper in soy and oyster sauce
EASY

Steamed whole baby snapper in soy and oyster sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Whole snapper roasted with herbs and chat potatoes.
EASY

Whole snapper roasted with herbs and potato

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
The red-cooking method produces dishes with a rich, mahogany hue.
EASY

Braised fish Shanghai-style or red-cooked fish

  • < 30 mins
  • Tony Tan
Baked fish with breadcrumbs

Baked fish with tomatoes and breadcrumbs recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Whole baked ocean trout.
EASY

Whole roasted ocean trout with lemon and thyme

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Steamed snapper in glass noodles.

Steamed snapper in glass noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Crispy fried snapper with sweet and sour sauce.
EASY

Crispy fried snapper with sweet and sour sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Steamed snapper with ginger and green onions.

Steamed snapper with ginger and green onions

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Symbolic steamed snapper.

Steamed whole fish with soy, ginger and spring onion recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Rodney Dunn's roast whole flounder with seaweed butter.

Agrarian Kitchen's roast whole flounder with seaweed butter recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Rodney Dunn
This recipe also works well with fish fillets.

Steamed whole snapper with black beans and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
Whole stuffed trout with mushrooms and brown butter.
EASY

Whole stuffed trout with mushrooms and brown butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini's masala marinated mackerel.

Grilled whole mackerel with ginger masala and onion salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Cider roasted rainbow trout with kaiserfleisch, lemon and fennel stuffing. Recipe by Karen Martini. Picture by Marcel Aucar. Styling by Karina Duncan

Cider-roasted rainbow trout with kaiserfleisch, apple, fennel and lemon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
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Fab fish: With its dramatic cucumber 'scales', this is no ordinary salmon.

Whole baked salmon stuffed with lemon and herb rice

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Whole salt-baked ocean trout

Whole salt-baked ocean trout

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/simple-yet-stunning-whole-fish-recipes-for-summer-20220125-h21aer.html