If you are a fish or seafood lover, you know how difficult it is to defrost fish. defrosting a fish without an oven is sometimes a difficult process, but if you follow these 5 best tips. You can defrost fish without losing its taste and texture. I am a fisherman and love to fish, store, and cook fish. I have 10 years of experience cooking fish at home professionally and restaurant style.
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Today I will share my personal experience to defrost fish without an oven. now I have a microwave oven in my kitchen but I never use it to defrost fish.
There is an article on my this blog that how to freeze fish for many days. you can read this article. this article will help you to store fish for a long time without losing its taste.
1 take out fish from the freezer at least 3 hours
always store fish in a Plastic bag and keep the fish in the freezer. when you plan to cook fish then take out fish from the freezer at least 3 hours before cooking it. because these steps take 1 to 2 hours to defrost fish according to the weather. in the summer season, defrosting fish takes less time than in winter. because of the temporary difference
2 Keep fish in a basket with holes
always store fish in a polythene bag and keep the fish in the freezer. when you plan to cook fish then take out fish from the freezer at least 3 hours before cooking it. because these steps take 1 to 2 hours to defrost fish according to the weather. in the summer season, defrosting fish takes less time than in winter. because of the temperature difference.
3 Keep the fish in sunlight
Put the fish in a basket with holes and keep it in the sunlight for an hour. This method is for the winter season. In the summer season keep fish in sunlight for 5 to 10 minutes. This method is dependent on weather and temperature. when the freezer fish water starts melting press the fish body. if the fish body is still hard then keep it again until the water stop extracting.
never keep fish if the fish’s body starts drying. never drain all water from fish bodies.
4 keep the fish under the ceiling fan
Keep fish under a ceiling fan for one to two hours. this method also depends on weather conditions. you can use a pedestal for this purpose. this is the best method to defrost fish fast in any weather conditions.
in the end, one of the most important things is that these methods are time taking but these methods to defrost fish are very effective. believe me, these methods will keep fish taste and texture. On other hand, if you are in hurry you can use a microwave oven to defrost fish fast. it totally depends on you.
