Last week when my friends brought the Gulf Coast Grouper they also included a couple of fillets Cobia, which is also known as black kingfish, black salmon, ling, or lemonfish. So for dinner tonight I prepared Breaded Cobia w/ Creole Chicken Flavored Rice, Cut Green Beans, and Whole Grain Bread.
To prepare the Cobia I rinsed the fillet off and patted dry. I then cut the fillet into 3 pieces. I breaded the Zatarain's Garlic Breading Mix. I put the pieces into a Hefty Zip Bag and added the Breading mix, shook until all pieces were well coated. I pan fried them in Canola Oil about 4 1/2 minutes per side. The Zatarain's Breading makes a perfect crust, well seasoned, nice crunch, and keeps the Cobia nice and moist. I really enjoyed the Cobia, nice flavor, very meaty, and a mild fish.,
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To go with my Cobia I prepared a box of Tony Chachere's Creole Roasted Chicken Rice. Second time I've prepared this and I really enjoy it! It's less calories and carbs than Uncle Ben's Rices, which I really enjoy also. I also heated a can of Del Monte Blue Lake Cut Green Beans. Looking forward to getting some fresh Green Beans, I'm going to learn how to can them this year! I hear there could a shortage of Half Runner Green Beans, we'll have to wait and see. I also had a couple of slices of Healthy Life Whole Grain Bread. For dessert I had baked a loaf of Pillsbury Nut Quick Bread earlier today so I'll have a slice of that topped with a scoop of Breyer's Carb Smart Vanilla Ice Cream.
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)—also known as black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeaters, tasek, etc.—are perciform marine fish, the sole representative of their family, the Rachycentridae.
Attaining a maximum length of 78 inches and maximum weight of 150 pounds, cobia have elongate fusiform (spindle shaped) bodies and broad, flattened heads. Their eyes are small and their lower jaw projects slightly past the upper jaw. On the jaws, tongue and roof of the mouth are bands of villiform (fibrous) teeth. Their bodies are smooth with small scales, their dark brown coloration grading to white on the belly with two darker brown horizontal bands on the flanks. These may not be prominent except during spawning when cobia lighten in color and adopt a more prominently striped pattern. The large pectoral fins are normally carried horizontally (rather than vertically as shown for convenience in the illustration), so that, as seen in the water they may be mistaken for a small shark. When boated, the horizontal pectoral fins enable the cobia to remain upright so that their vigorous thrashing can make them a hazard. The first dorsal fin is composed of six to nine independent, short, stout, and sharp spines. The family name Rachycentridae, from the Greek words rhachis meaning "spine" and kentron meaning "sting," is an allusion to these dorsal spines. Mature cobia have forked, slightly lunate tail fins with most fins being a dark brown. They lack air bladders.
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