I made this dish for two reasons: I needed to get rid of the
jalapeno hot sauce I made and I wanted to do a test run of my Jamaican Jerk spice rub for a super secret project I have in the works. This ended up being totally fucking awesome so it was a success in many different respects. Let's begin:
Make your Jamaican Jerk spice rub. In a small bowl combine 2tsp allspice, 1tsp Old Bay garlic & herb (or garlic powder), 1tsp thyme, 1tsp nutmeg, 1/2tsp cinnamon, 1/2tsp salt, and 1/2tsp black pepper. There are a few variations here. If you wish you can omit the nutmeg and cinnamon and
substitute 1tsp ginger. Also, some people with terrible taste enjoy mace and clove. You can add 1/2tsp of each but I can't stand either.
I soaked two
tilapia fillets in the
jalapeno hot sauce for about an hour and a half. I would not suggest doing it any longer than this. You can use any crappy flavorless white fish for this but do not use a $25 halibut steak, dumbass.
Coat your fish with the spice rub. Rub is actually a misleading word because if you rub the spices on your fish it will get all jacked up. Pat is a much more appropriate term. Heat up some vegetable oil over medium heat and when it gets all hot and shit plop your fish down for just a few minutes per side. This might look burned to the untrained eye but it is actually perfect.
Total fucking success. My secret project is going to be off the hook, bitches! Eat it.
Make your Jamaican Jerk spice rub. In a small bowl combine 2tsp allspice, 1tsp Old Bay garlic & herb (or garlic powder), 1tsp thyme, 1tsp nutmeg, 1/2tsp cinnamon, 1/2tsp salt, and 1/2tsp black pepper. There are a few variations here. If you wish you can omit the nutmeg and cinnamon and substitute 1tsp ginger. Also, some people with terrible taste enjoy mace and clove. You can add 1/2tsp of each but I can't stand either. 
I soaked two tilapia fillets in the jalapeno hot sauce for about an hour and a half. I would not suggest doing it any longer than this. You can use any crappy flavorless white fish for this but do not use a $25 halibut steak, dumbass.
Coat your fish with the spice rub. Rub is actually a misleading word because if you rub the spices on your fish it will get all jacked up. Pat is a much more appropriate term. Heat up some vegetable oil over medium heat and when it gets all hot and shit plop your fish down for just a few minutes per side. This might look burned to the untrained eye but it is actually perfect.
Total fucking success. My secret project is going to be off the hook, bitches! Eat it.
16 comments:
Farm raised Tilapia? You know what that stuff eats? They use tilapia to clean the tanks for farm raised hybrid striped bass. That's some nasty shit,
Though it may be a bottom feeder, I love tilapia. It can be cooked so many different ways without an over powering fish flavor. I like the jerk idea a lot and it looks bold and delicious. Nice work!
So you only buy wild line caught salmon? You never get a crappy white fish for $2.99 a pound and season the hell out of it? Do you also refuse to eat chicken? Oysters? If I concerned myself with that moronic shit I would never be able to eat anything. My guess is that last night you ate Costco brand Mac & Cheese with cut up hot dogs in it.
Thank you FT4M!
Jerk fish is good stuff! I use whatever basic white fish I catch, often catfish, sometimes sculpin. Served with some nice fried plantains and fresh slaw, it's a damn good summer meal!
Actually, I'm a trained chef. And I do avoid farm raised fish. Farmed oysters are different because most of the farms are actually in the wild, not tanks or man made, concrete ponds. I love mac and cheese with hot dogs in it, but actually prefer the "beanie-weenie" caserole. Sadly, you're not the only cooking asshole. Just thought I'd share my opinion on craptastic tilapia. Many white fleshed fish taste like what they eat, and being as farm raised tilapia eat hybrid bass shit, well, you get the picture.
I love catfish but they are hard to kill.
Thanks for your opinion and you are correct when it comes to a 5 star restaurant but not the average household and palate. If you have nothing better to do it would behoove you to click on the seafood tag and see what I have done in the past (I do have like 500 posts). If you would note, I didn't say "only season with salt pepper and olive oil so the wonderful natural flavors of the tilapia can come through." I did say " season the fuck out of it." Tilapia is obviously not my first choice and I would never order it at a restaurant but the 3lb frozen bag for $10 at Costco was too enticing. Anyway thanks for your input but now I am obliged to make fun of you...
Trained chef? You mean like those places that advertise to prospective students during Maury and Jerry Springer?
I may not be the only cooking asshole but sadly I am one of the very few who are literate.
Also, I was actually talking about wild oysters because they filter the shit of the ocean.
I have a friend that graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and he is a finely trained chef. He's currently making incredible dishes at a fucking community college cafeteria in Virginia.
Mr Trained Chef that commented is obviously an expert at tasting what the fish has eaten in it's habitat. I've heard that when his 'life partner" finishes inside his mouth, he always amazes him by telling him that he must have had pineappleas or chicken curry earlier.
Exactly.
I am surprised that dude has not replied yet. He must be slammed on the line at the Applebee's in Wichita.
Oh my. This looks like something I would illegal things for.
When in Jamaica!
Rock n' Roll Mate!
Love dat jerk rub.
It is pretty much the shit.
You guys are hiliarious....lol
I did the shit, Thanks
You are very welcome!
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