Easy whole fish recipes
Experience the joy of bringing whole cooked fish to the table – they’re easier to cook than you might think, and incredibly tasty when on the bone. They’re a great alternative for a dinner party, or instead of a Sunday roast, and many work well on the bbq.
Have a scroll through our hand-picked collection of sea bass, sea bream, salmon and more, and take a look at our page on how to cook a whole fish.
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Easy whole fish recipes
Home-style Chinese steamed sea bass
If you like classic whole steamed fish with spring onion and ginger, try Amy Poon's home-style sea bass – ideal for Chinese New Year feasts.
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Jeremy Pang’s naxi fried fish
Jeremy Pang's crispy fried fish with peanuts, chillies and ginger is inspired by traditional fish dishes cooked by the Naxi people in China.
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Chorizo-stuffed sea bream with houmous and beans
Taking inspiration from various parts of the Mediterranean, this chorizo-stuffed sea bream dish is sunshine on a plate.
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Sea bream with spring onion and brown butter rice
For a quick but impressive Sunday lunch, steam sea bream and serve with nutty, lemony brown-butter and spring onion rice with chilli.
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Roast turbot with leeks, tarragon and riesling
Celebrate Christmas or a special family gathering with roast turbot. Mitch Tonk’s whole fish is incredibly quick to cook and has a firm, rich, meaty texture.
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Italian sea bass with tomato sauce
This Italian whole sea bass recipe comes from Giovann Attard, head chef at Norma in London, prized for their hearty and inventive Sicilian food.
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Summer dinner recipes
Whole sea bass with mango salsa
Debora Robertson's whole sea bass with mango salsa recipe makes a speedy and impressive dinner for two. Serve with salad and new potatoes.
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Sea bass recipes
Salt baked sea bass with rosemary and thyme
Salt baked sea bass is stuffed with herbs, lemon and garlic. For optimal drama, smash the salt crust at the table in front of your guests.
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Healthy fish recipes
Whole steamed fish with pickled plums (pla neung kiem buoy)
Find out how to master the gentle art of steaming with a simple but stunning recipe for steamed whole fish with pickled plums. It’s a revelation.
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Roast sea bream with fennel, sourdough and preserved lemons
Enjoy this sea bream recipe for two with a crisp glass of white wine – it's an easy dish for Friday night as there's minimal washing up.
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Whole roast fish with lemon and tarragon butter
A show-stopping whole roast fish dish which doesn't shy away from big bold flavours – think lemon, tarragon and lots of garlic.
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Trout recipes
Trout with crème fraîche and brined gherkins
Olia Hercules' show-stopping trout recipe, with diced dill pickles for flavour and panache, is inspired by her childhood memories of Christmas in Ukraine.
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Tomos Parry’s whole roast turbot with clams, fennel and potatoes
This whole roast turbot by Tomos Parry, with clams, fennel, tarragon and potatoes, would make a truly memorable dinner party main.
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Showstopping salmon recipes
Raymond Blanc’s whole roast salmon
Raymond Blanc's whole roast salmon makes a lovely change from meat in spring. Why not serve the whole fish at the table for Easter lunch?
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Whole roast plaice with anchovy and sage butter, new potatoes and sea vegetables
Serve a buttery whole roast plaice along with waxy new potatoes and salty sea vegetables, and you have a real catchon your hands
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Fattoush salad with chargrilled sea bream
Sea bream is grilled until the flesh melts in your mouth. Served alongside a fresh, flavoursome fattoush salad, it's the perfect dinner party main.
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