walleye steaks?

[cmb]

Has anyone tried cutting a large eye into steaks (like a salmon)?
if so how well does it work & how did you cook them?
I am thinking about trying this with the goal of grilling them then serving with a wine sauce or maby a light wiskey-pepercorn suace.

[Hans]

You made me hungry, and it's still 2 hours till lunch time!

[Juls_WI]

Gosh, that sounds really yummy!!!

Since Walleye is so flakey when it gets cooked, I can only recommend that if you were to grill them, that you might want to use the grilling basket. You know, those flat square basket thingies with the long handle. That way you can flip them, and they wont break apart. Just make sure you use a oil spray, like PAM or something on the basket, so the steaks won't stick to the basket. I have grilled panfish in these and they turn out great.

Grilled walleye steaks with a wine sauce?....MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What time is dinner? Heheh ;-)

Juls

[Roger Mayer]

Hi,

I think that cutting them into steaks wouldn't be to my liking. First there would be trying to deal with the meat flaking apart while cooking. Then there would be dealing with the bones while trying to eat them.

But what you said like the whiskey sauce or pepper corn.........I'll be trying that with fillets!!!!!


Roger Mayer.

[cmb]

I have a thin-sloted cast iron grill toper that works well. I have done walleye and even perch sucessfully. my thoudgt on steaks is that I would possibly scale the fish and leave the skin on-helping to keep the light flakey meat in place. also figured on giving the steak a light coat of oilve oil and some simple seasoning.

[Juls_Wi]

Sounds like a good idea. Try it and let us know how it turns out. Oh, and I want the recipe for that wine sauce..;-)

Juls

[cmb]

the bones are my main concern.

Wiskey suace is easy.

brown some onion and garlic then cover in a can of broth (chicken works ok for fish while I use beef for steaks, roast...)
add some cracked pepercorns and a couple shots of wiskey and simmer to reduce. after a while add more wiskey(if you like) and thicken with a little cornstarch.

similar aproach works for a wine suace or taquila lime.....

Jack daniels works well as does southern comfort (SC is a bit sweeter)

[Jethro]

WHAT????? COOK A WALLEYE THAT IS BIG ENOUGH TO CUT INTO STEAKS? ARE YOU NUTS ? LET IT GO!! EAT THE SMALLER ONES !!!

[Paul]

I've grilled walleye fillets many times no problem no basket take fillets roll them in butter and spices you like I cajun some and garlic lemon some. Place on a hot grill wait about 3-5 min. flip once and 3-5 min. on the other side and remove.I use a long hamburger flipper and they never fall apart. The most important thing is only flip once and then remove them. Grilled eyes (no problem)

[THUMPER]

We do this with larger Pike and it works fine. I bake large Walleye rather than fillet them.

[ezmarc]

Jethro, you sir are evidently not fishing lake erie!

CMB, grill the thicker fillets like Paul says, and fry or broil the tail sections. Just had some tonight, brushed with melted butter, and coated with seasoned salt and parmesan cheese. YUM!!YUM!! Use the wine to wash it down with.

[curt quesnell]

ok jethro,

just for you so you can sleep tonight....if you catch a large
fish that is injured or maybe bleeding from the gills and you
are pretty sure you would be releasing a fish that would soon
die. then maybe, should decide to not feed the pelicans, you may want to try to steak the fish. IS THAT OK FOR YOU?

curt quesnell