Today, I don't have a proper recipe for you but rather a few ideas of stuffed and baked big fish. You may just serve it with salads for a complete meal. It's absolutely healthy and loaded with good things.
This stuffed fish can be served hot or cold, especially when you are able to have a deboned fish, you may even cut it and serve it as easy as cutting a baguette.
Be sure to season the fish itself with at least salt and pepper and brush the top with olive oil.
Because fish cooks relatively fast. it's important to have your stuffing cooked or almost there...A big stuffed fish may take from 25 to 1 hour baking in a hot oven, depending on its weight, it's stuffing and wether covered with foil or not.
1- Stuffing with seafood risotto and shrimp
Make the risotto ahead of time. Do not cook it 100%. On the other hand, sautee the shrimps for 1 minute each side in olive oil or butter. Season with salt and pepper.
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Stuffed fish with an almost-cooked seafood risotto, a half-way sauteed shrimps and lemon. |
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Finish stuffing the fish, cover the top with foil and place on a bed of onions, celery and herbs. Ready to bake. |
2- Stuffing with shrimps, canned-mushrooms, Dijon mustard and some creme fraiche
Sautee the mushrooms in olive oil with garlic. Add the shrimps in the last minute. Season to taste. add any of your favourite herbs.
Brush the inside of the fish with mustard and creme fraiche. Place the stuffing and seal the fish.
Season the skin as well.
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Generously stuffed fish with mushrooms and shrimps |
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Stuffed fish with mushroom and shrimps, baked. |
3- Stuffed fish with chinese vermicelly, squids, harissa, pickles, sauteed vegetables and cheese
Presoak chinese rice vermicelli, keep it al-dente and strain in a colander. Season with soy sauce, freshly crushed pepper.
Sautee a chopped onion. add grated courgettes and carrots. crushed garlic. You may add red or green bell pepper.. Add chopped squids, fresh chopped mushrooms. Keep the veggies al dente. Season to taste.
Mix all the ingredients. Add harissa, chopped gherkins or green olive for a kick. Add chopped herbs (ideally coriander or chive or parsley). Once the stuffing is cool. Sprinkle some shredded cheese.
The 3rd option of stuffing with vermicelly, veggies and cheese. |
If you want to keep it simple, just consider the foil option: cover the whole fish and let it cook in this closed pocket with the steam. all in a hot oven. Open at the end to reduce the sauce and have a bit of roasting going. Serve with lemon.
We serve this type of meal with some refreshing salads such as:
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Plenty of greens and a rich vinaigrette where I like to add chopped onions and coriander |
Boiled wheat and barley, mayo and vinaigrette, cucumber, corn, tomato, spring onion, coriander, parsley and canned tuna. |
I hope you try any of these ideas...
Definitely a wonderful job, never stuffed this kind of big fish,beautifully done..
ReplyDeleteThanks Priya..although after making the 1st then the 2nd one..I ended up sealing the 3rd one properly...
ReplyDeleteThat fish sure is well stuffed - I like buying big fishes... I don't think I ever actually tried stuffing one before though... only just baking or roasting it... I must try it next time, thanks for the ideas!
ReplyDeleteHi Charles, the 3 I made are the ones you see here..My dad used to handle bigger fish..Bless his soul..
ReplyDeleteI even cleaned a fish and deboned it. So proud. hm hm.