Whole Roasted Fish in a Salt Coffin recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 lemon, sliced 2 sprigs lemon thyme 1 (4 pound) striped bass, cleaned and scaled 4 pounds kosher salt 2 egg whites
Nutrition Info
- 354 caloriescarbohydrate: 2.1 gcholesterol: 205.5 mgfat: 11.2 gfiber: 0.9 gprotein: 58.6 gsaturatedFat: 2.4 gservingSize: -sodium: 121298.3 mgsugar: 0.1 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Whole Roasted Fish in a Salt Coffin
Directions
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Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
Insert lemon and lemon thyme into the cavity of the fish.
Mix salt and egg whites together in a large bowl.
Spread 1/2 the salt mixture on a large baking sheet. Lay fish on top. Pour remaining salt mixture on top. Pack down tightly so fish is sealed in salt.
Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake fish in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted through the salt and into the fish reads 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), 15 to 20 minutes.
Cool fish for 2 minutes. Crack the salt coffin with a wooden spoon. Peel away the salt and discard. Transfer fish to a serving dish using 2 spatulas.