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Coastal Foraged Ciopinno
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/10/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/10/20

Coastal Foraged Ciopinno

What an absolutely stellar meal. You will love every minute of foraging the ingredients, cooking the meal and sharing it with friends!

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Canh Chua Ca (Sweet and Sour Fish Soup) with Ca Kho To (Caramel braised Fish in Claypot)
Catch and Cook, Impressive Meal Eric Keener 6/5/20 Catch and Cook, Impressive Meal Eric Keener 6/5/20

Canh Chua Ca (Sweet and Sour Fish Soup) with Ca Kho To (Caramel braised Fish in Claypot)

This is the winning dish of the 2019 Catch and Cook Competition. It was a parade of one flavor after another and truly delicious.

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Blackend Perch with Mango Chutney
Catch and Cook, Easy Meal, Impressive Meal Eric Keener 6/5/20 Catch and Cook, Easy Meal, Impressive Meal Eric Keener 6/5/20

Blackend Perch with Mango Chutney

What a beautiful and delicious meal Toby came up with!

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Fish Curry and Rock Scallops
Catch and Cook, Easy Meal Eric Keener 6/5/20 Catch and Cook, Easy Meal Eric Keener 6/5/20

Fish Curry and Rock Scallops

Emmanuel is known as the Scallop Whisperer for a good reason (and he’s French, so you know the food is good!)

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Monkey Face Eel Rillettes with Chicharones
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/5/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/5/20

Monkey Face Eel Rillettes with Chicharones

Monkey Faced Eel and Chicharrones?! Count us in! This is the type of meal that puts the adventure back into food.

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Portuguese Style Fish and Sausage Stew with Chive Aioli
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/3/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/3/20

Portuguese Style Fish and Sausage Stew with Chive Aioli

Delicious stew recipe created by our very own Charlie Robinton.

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Rockfish on the Bone with an Uni Butter Sauce.
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 6/3/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 6/3/20

Rockfish on the Bone with an Uni Butter Sauce.

A simple dish using uni and garlic to coat the fish.

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Baked Fish In Cream Sauce
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/3/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/3/20

Baked Fish In Cream Sauce

This is a Hong Kong inspired comfort food dish with a really easy preparation.

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Escabeche Your Way
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/2/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/2/20

Escabeche Your Way

A personal take on the traditional Filipino sweet and sour fish dish.

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Rockfish and Puff Pastry
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/2/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/2/20

Rockfish and Puff Pastry

“Rockfish en Kelp” was simply inspiring. Shane’s level of creativity got him 3rd place in the 2019 Catch and Cook Competition. I mean… who cooks puff pastery, in a fire pit turned dutch oven, on a windy beach?! Shane… That’s who.

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Fish “Kofte” Meatballs
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/2/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 6/2/20

Fish “Kofte” Meatballs

This was the dish Giray prepared at the 2019 Catch & Cook Competition, on a jet boil of all things.

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Smoked Monkey Face Eel Chowder
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 5/29/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 5/29/20

Smoked Monkey Face Eel Chowder

This is the day that Dan coined the phrase, “Smoke the Monkey”. Monkey faced eels often get a bad wrap for their taste… You’ll never think that again after trying this meal.

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Deconstructed Fish Taco with Avocado Crema & Grapfruit Salsa
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20

Deconstructed Fish Taco with Avocado Crema & Grapfruit Salsa

Alyssa not only came in 5th place for this meal but she was the top female competitor. Her salsa was off the hook.

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Crispy Rockfish Filet over Dirty Rice and Malaysian Crab Curry
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 5/29/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 5/29/20

Crispy Rockfish Filet over Dirty Rice and Malaysian Crab Curry

This is likely one of the best meals ever cooked on a beach, or by a spearo. I challenge you to find a better recipe.

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Cabezon Fish Sandwich
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20

Cabezon Fish Sandwich

Nico is responsible for building huge fish sandwiches and finding massive halibut.

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Reef Gyoza
Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20 Easy Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20

Reef Gyoza

Perhaps it’s his fish slippers he used to cook in, but the judges stopped what they were doing to watch him prep these puppies!

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Fish Sausage Salad
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Guest User 5/29/20

Fish Sausage Salad

Fish Sausage is totally underrated. You use so much meat from the fish and can season it however you prefer! This is an amazing recipe.

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Risotto, Rockfish, Herb Puree and Squid Ink Tuile
Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 5/29/20 Impressive Meal, Catch and Cook Eric Keener 5/29/20

Risotto, Rockfish, Herb Puree and Squid Ink Tuile

Fun Fact: Daniel was offered a job on the spot when he presented this meal to the judges.

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