NEVER Pan-Sear Your Fish Again - Try This Old Fishmonger Trick

#CheapSeafood #FishMonger #SeafoodTips 🛒 Buy It Right. Pick It Right. Cook It Right. — the complete fish cooking guide: https://guspetrakis.netlify.app You do not need thirty-dollar salmon to put great fish on the table. Some of the best pieces in that case are the ones everybody walks straight past because nobody taught them how to cook what they are looking at. I spent thirty-one years behind a fish counter watching people buy the wrong fish and ruin it at home the same way every time. Pan-searing thin fillets that fall apart. Charring the outside before the inside cooks. Walking away thinking they bought bad fish when the real problem was the method. The good news is that the method that fixes this does not photograph well, so you never hear about it. Nobody talks about it online. But the trade has used it for a long time, and it works on everything from branzino to whole snapper. In this video I walk you through seven fish you should be buying instead of the expensive stuff—where to find them, what to look for at the counter, and exactly how to cook each one so you never overcook it again. One of my favorites still runs around four to six dollars a pound where I shop. Handled the right way, I would put it on the table over fish costing three times that. I also show you which fish is being sold under the wrong name at most counters in this country, and how to catch it when you are standing in front of the case. You might be paying premium money for a substitute without knowing it. • How to read a fish at the counter—the three tells that matter • Why the oven method beats pan-searing for almost everything in that case • What to ask for when you order so you get the fish ready to cook • The one question to ask that tells you if your fishmonger actually knows what they have • How to store it at home so it stays moist all the way through CHAPTERS: 00:00 – The Problem at the Counter 01:20 – Why Cheap Fish Beats Expensive Fish 03:40 – Budget Fish #7: Branzino 05:50 – How I Cook Branzino 06:40 – Budget Fish #6: Porgy 07:45 – How I Cook Porgy 08:25 – Budget Fish #5: Whiting 09:30 – How I Cook Whiting 10:10 – Budget Fish #4: Mackerel 11:20 – How I Cook Mackerel 12:00 – Budget Fish #3: Arctic Char (And How to Spot the Swap) 13:30 – How I Cook Arctic Char 14:10 – Budget Fish #2: Monkfish 15:20 – How I Cook Monkfish 15:55 – Budget Fish #1: Whole Snapper 17:10 – How I Cook Whole Snapper 18:30 – Your Homework Tell me what town you are in and what a whole snapper costs at your counter this week. Just the town and the number. I read every one of them and I keep a running list by region. If you buy fish, subscribe. #Seafood #FishCounter #WholeFish #SeafoodOnABudget #FreshFish #HowToCookFish