How To Cook Fish On Coals
Fish is generally ready to eat when the flesh is firm flaky and slightly glossy.
How to cook fish on coals. Cover heads and tails with foil to prevent burning. Try banana leaves large slabs of moss or strips of paper bark for the survivor version of parcelled fish. With this method it won t be more than a few minutes before your fish is flaky and ready to enjoy.
Prepare the fish by gutting it but again leave the skin on to protect the meat. Cook over medium coals. Turn fish once browned using two spatulas.
Cook until under side is done. Check it after a few minutes on one side and flip the parcel if need be. Turn them often to ensure that both sides cook evenly.
Blanch lemon or vine leaves briefly in boiling water. Wrap around fish heads. Prepare the grill put the coals on the one side of the grill you will have a hot and cool area then clean out the grate.
Pile some coals on top of the parcel to distribute heat and hasten the cooking process.