Pickled Northern Pike

[Kicken Asphalt]

Here's to those who like pickled herring.
Just caught a few little northerns a couple days ago. So I desided to pickle them up. This recipe is easy but it takes some time to actually enjoy them. The reason that it takes so long is that the brine has to disolve the bones
that are left in the fillets.

Pickled Northern
*First fillet fish and remove the skin, then rinse with water
*Cut fillets into 1" squares
*Soak fish 24 hours with
1 cup Kosher salt to
6 cups water
*Drain and Rinse well to remove salt
*Cover fish with vinegar 24 hours
*Drain no need to rinse
*Brine
2 cups vinegar
1 cup sugar
4 oz. 7up or Sprite
4 oz. port wine (optional, double up soda if left out)
Bring to boil, add 1 Tbs. pickling spice, let cool in frig, so it doesn't cook fish.
*Pack jars, by layering onions then fish and so on
*Pour brine (once cooled) over fish
*Put lids on jars, let sit in frig. for 5 to 7 days until bones are disolved
*Enjoy with your favorite cracker

This recipe yields 2 quarts

[Whisky Fish]

I'm all over this, except we get no herring or pike out here. Any pacific fish work with this? we get rock cod, rock fish, sand dabs, talapia, , ,i'm tryin to think of boney fish. Plenty of trout and bass from the fresh water. Some sturgeon. Never had pike. Is it oily?

[Jimh]

I'm all over this, except we get no herring or pike out here. Any pacific fish work with this? we get rock cod, rock fish, sand dabs, talapia, , ,i'm tryin to think of boney fish. Plenty of trout and bass from the fresh water. Some sturgeon. Never had pike. Is it oily?

I think cod would work,or if you can get herring it would be better

[rbranstner]

This is similar to the way I make mine. My family goes nut over this stuff. I usually use northerns as well but I have used walleye because they were getting old and freezer burnt. Most fish would work. I brine mine for around a week in a salt/vinegar solution to remove all of the bones. I need to make a batch soon and use up some of my older fish in the freezer.

[Whisky Fish]

I think cod would work,or if you can get herring it would be better

Nope, never seen herring except as bait or pickled in the stores. Probably about as common as shark for you guys.

[IrishChef]

Shark might work though....

[erain]

I'm all over this, except we get no herring or pike out here. Any pacific fish work with this? we get rock cod, rock fish, sand dabs, talapia, , ,i'm tryin to think of boney fish. Plenty of trout and bass from the fresh water. Some sturgeon. Never had pike. Is it oily?

is a flaky white flesh fish... has some fat on the belly meat which i usually discard. but if you got oily fish, Fishawn pickles salmon. i aint tried it yet but sounds good... but have pickled alot of pike...

[Kicken Asphalt]

I'm all over this, except we get no herring or pike out here. Any pacific fish work with this? we get rock cod, rock fish, sand dabs, talapia, , ,i'm tryin to think of boney fish. Plenty of trout and bass from the fresh water. Some sturgeon. Never had pike. Is it oily?

I think you can use any fish. It doesn't have to have any bones in it. Its just the way I fillet this fish its easier to leave them small bones in since the vinegar dissolves them in 5 to 7 days.

I got to buy pickled herring in the grossery store.

[Whisky Fish]

Got a hundred pounds of salmon in the freezer. Lookin for sumthin to do with it. Believe it or not I'm getting tired of smoked salmon. Is this good with salmon?

[Kicken Asphalt]

I already used river suckers and white fish.

[Fishawn]

I'm all over this, except we get no herring or pike out here. Any pacific fish work with this? we get rock cod, rock fish, sand dabs, talapia, , ,i'm tryin to think of boney fish. Plenty of trout and bass from the fresh water. Some sturgeon. Never had pike. Is it oily?

JT, Tilapia maybe?..... .... It's pretty firm fleshed.... Salmon & Steelhead is great pickled. .... Sturgeon I have not tried & don't remember ever trying it pickled, but might be worth a shot?

[Kicken Asphalt]

Got a hundred pounds of salmon in the freezer. Lookin for sumthin to do with it. Believe it or not I'm getting tired of smoked salmon. Is this good with salmon?

Like Erain said, salmon is a oily I'm not sure what it will do after sitting in the brine for some time. Heck try a little sample.

[erain]

Like Erain said, salmon is a oily I'm not sure what it will do after sitting in the brine for some time. Heck try a little sample.

and if ya dont like well there is dry ice and you can just ship some here!!!

man there is enuff stuff to do with salmon where i dont think you would need to get tired of it... try any rum smoked yet???

[Whisky Fish]

man there is enuff stuff to do with salmon where i dont think you would need to get tired of it... try any rum smoked yet???

huh, , ,did someone say rum? Okay, I'm all in just pm'ed Scott. I'm copying and pasting like crazy. Thanks for the thread Kickin. Hope you don't mind the highjack, yours was the first one I copied. Thanks

[DanMcG]

Thanks for the pickle recipe KA, I've been wanting to try pickling some pickerel, but I'll have to wait till spring to give it a try.