Sheephead into crab meat?

I have used this to make lobster roll too.

I absolutely agree - love sheephead fillets by themselves.

Seriously though, we catch so many of them, we are looking to have try the fish a different way.

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Tie it up in cheese cloth before putting in the water. Doesn't take very long and can cut heat and let it soak a bit. Pull it out and dry it a bit after. Awesome on top of a steak.

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Would like to try it with sheepshead

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It works great

I usually do it with a steamer basket and just season the water like i would boil something. Throw a little old bay on the top turning the filets over until it comes apart ad resembles crabmeat. Like they said above its a great topper on a steak

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I’ve made “crab” cakes with redfish before. Would like to try it with sheepshead

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Ive done both and also used bass and trout. I boil the filets on a very very light boil.

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the fish a different way.

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Try making fish cakes (works well for Salmon bigger reds and drum). I grind the meat raw (some boil and used cooked fish) and mix it with your seasoning and breadcrumbs. Form some patties and batter it with breadcrumbs or regular batter if you want. Pan fry or deep fry. You can freeze the patties to make them easier to batter and handle. Don’t make them too thick or they won’t cook in the middle if they are frozen when you go to cook them.

From there you can have just the patty with some home made tarter sauce or the likes, make a samich, or last time I made Benedict. It was too thick and frozen so I had to fry longer than I wanted but you get the idea.

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I’ve made “crab” cakes with redfish before. Would like to try it with sheepshead

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I’ve done it with redfish also. May try sheepshead next. I don’t catch a lot of sheepshead sadly.