Smoking fish on the stove?

[adamski]

Hey folks,

Yesterday I went out and caught a couple of good-sized tailor. I've read they're a good fish for smoking, but I don't really have the facilities here... or so I thought. A quick trawl through youtube suggests it's possible to smoke stuff on your stove with rice, tea and a few other aromatics. According to the vids I've watched, you line a pan with tinfoil then chuck in the smoking ingredients, put a rack over the top and sit your fish on it. The whole thing then gets covered in another layer of tinfoil to stop the smoke escaping. Supposedly takes about 8-10 mins to cook a fillet from fresh.

Just wondered if anyone's tried this method before and whether it's worthwhile. I know frying or baking would be a lot simpler, but I'm keen to try something new.

Cheers,

Adam

[batfishing]

Extremely common on 'MasterChef'!

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[Guest 4myson]

Just be carefull smoking fish indoors , SMOKE ALARMS !!!

[adamski]

Just be carefull smoking fish indoors , SMOKE ALARMS !!!

Yeah, that was my first thought. I decided to just grill them this time round. First time eating tailor, they taste fine- I like the oilier-fleshed fish.

[Ryder]

Watch out using tea, it can be over powering.

I tried it for a recipe that called for smoked tomatoes, ended with Tomacco.

Edited September 13, 2015 by Ryder

[adamski]

I tried it for a recipe that called for smoked tomatoes, ended with Tomacco.

I'd put a copyright on that name if I were you

[Ryder]

Homer Simpson dude.

[kiwicraig]

I do them on a hooded BBQ with a smoking box and either word chips or pellets in the box. You put the box over a med to low heat and the fish off to the side and close the lid. Couldn't be easier. Added benefit there are no smoke alarms on my deck.

[Ocean Addiction]

I smoked a trout on my BBQ earlier in the year. My BBQ doesn't have a hood but found a video on YouTube that helped out.

- make a pouch out of aluminium foil

- put damp smoking chips into the pouch

- slide it under the grill

- heat it up until it smokes

- heat goes down

- fish goes on the grill with a upturned pot to capture the smoke

Worked great. Im keen to try it on some slimies or yakkas.

[fragmeister]

Interesting.

I used to smoke fish all the time with an smoker my old man gave me.

I reckon it was about 50 years old when he gave it to me but eventually it got tossed.

I bought a new one from the camping shop but I could not get a decent result so I ditched that one too.

I might give the BBQ method go.

Thanks for the ideas and the post Adam.

[Basil D]

I smoked a trout on my BBQ earlier in the year. My BBQ doesn't have a hood but found a video on YouTube that helped out.

- make a pouch out of aluminium foil

- put damp smoking chips into the pouch

- slide it under the grill

- heat it up until it smokes

- heat goes down

- fish goes on the grill with a upturned pot to capture the smoke

Worked great. Im keen to try it on some slimies or yakkas.

I like your Idea Mate, will give it a try