The Best Fish For Grilling, Baking, Deep-Frying, and Pan Searing

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The Best Fish For Grilling, Baking, Deep-Frying, and Pan Searing

A fish that's great for the grill might not work well in the oven. Here are the varieties best suited to certain cooking methods. By Kate Nerenberg

Comments () | Published June 9, 2011

For Grilling: Fish with some heft lend themselves to the grates of a grill—salmon, tuna, and swordfish are all popular. Chef Barton Seaver likes the smoky flavor grilling gives bluefish and wild striped bass. He also recommends shucking oysters and placing them cup side down—to cook in their juices—and drizzling them with a bit of herb butter.

For Pan searing: Seaver and Black agree that cast-iron pans are best for searing fish—the seasoned pans keep the filets from falling apart. Add a little bit of oil, and put the fish (Seaver likes farm-raised Arctic char; Black prefers fluke, flounder, or halibut) skin side down to get a crisp outside and creamy center.