Boiled Fish
Origin: Mobile, Alabama
Source: Abby Fisher, 1881
Ingredients
- 1 whole fish
- pepper
- salt
- 1 quart water
Instructions
- Clean the fish well.
- Season the fish inside and out with pepper and salt.
- Let the seasoned fish rest for one or two hours before cooking.
- Fill a boiler with one quart of luke-warm water.
- Place the fish in the boiler and let it remain on a quick fire for twenty minutes, or thirty minutes if the fish is very large, until cooked through.