Does anyone have a recipe for Amberjack? Thanks.
21’ Sea-Pro CC
Yamaha 150
“Aquaholic”
2008 Dodge Ram Mega-Cab 4x4 6.7 Cummins
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
I had some fried up in the Outerbanks a couple weeks ago, it was pretty good despite what I’ve always heard. It was the first time I’d tried it.
This was just dipped in egg/milk mixture dredged in House Autry’s and dropped in oil.
Not the best fried fish I’ve ever had, but not bad either, and it fed quite a large group of people.
I agree with HobcawMan. Try putting some Tony Chachere’s, Old Bay or any good seasoning spice into the breader mix.
Only way I’ve ever prepared it was fried. The fish was probably 15 pounds - not big. The filets were clean and void of any red, dredeged in Zattarain’s crispy breading and deep fried in peanut oil. Fried filets were placed between fresh split rolls and served with homemade tarter sauce, romaine lettuce and American cheese.
Sounds tasty. Thanks fellas. I’ll try a few different recipes and report back.
21’ Sea-Pro CC
Yamaha 150
“Aquaholic”
2008 Dodge Ram Mega-Cab 4x4 6.7 Cummins
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
i think they eat fine, i just have a hard time gettin the worms outta my head when I’m eatin em. could just be me tho
Oh no… Here we go on worms again. I will have to say the one and only time I prepared and ate AJ (kwowingly 'cause I know my husband has tricked me into eating things I thought were something else - barraduda for example)I thoroughly inspected each and every filet. No worms! I can’t stand the red on any fish - that stuff is nasty, and it ruins fish when frozen if not completely removed. I remember a photo posted a year or so ago on here showing a mass of worms in an AJ - guess I forgot about that when the hubband brought home the AG…) We’ve caught plenty of large ambos offshore and tossed every single one of them back as I, too, couldn’t get the worms in my head. Better in your head than in your belly, right? Never heard about worms in roe 'til reading a post yesterday. Done with the roe now. Probably AJ too…
the larger the reef donkey the more likely to have worms… I have had some ■■■■ good aj in Florida, Im heading down to Sarasota next week Ill see if I can get some ideas
“and the worms, ate into your brain” (Roger Waters) 
Russ B.
Psalm 55:22
the red stuff is the bloodline folks…if you have ever looked at roe under a microscope,you would prob not eat it again.
One doesn’t need a microscope to see those AJ worms. I couldn’t imagine eating one, note even on a bet. There are just too many other good fish out there.
There is a ton of good meat on an AJ despite their gross looking parasites. I did take one home a couple of weeks ago that was 18 lbs, it was full of wormy meat, I only got about 3 lbs of edible meat. But, it sliced up into fryable cutlets and made a very fine fried fish dinner. Dredge pieces in House Autry’s fish mix, fry at 350…375 for about 3 or 4 mins, drain on paper towels. Never had a complaint, except that it wasn’t quite as good as some recent Mahi I had done the same way. I’ve also done many a fish kabob with AJ because it’s a dense meat and holds on the skewer very well.
I always tossed them until this year. Cut the shoulders out and steak. Marinate in soy and sear in a frying pan w/ an 1/8th of an inch of olive/sesame oil mixture and dip in some ginger-wasabi sauce. It was as good as the wahoo and tuna we had with it.
But the worms…
If your t-bone had a worm in one part of it would you be OK with cutting the part with the worm off and eating the rest???
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Originally posted by Open BarBut the worms…
If your t-bone had a worm in one part of it would you be OK with cutting the part with the worm off and eating the rest???
I second that emotion!