Puttanesca baked fish with salsa verde.

Recipe collection

Simple yet stunning whole fish recipes for summer

Think you can't cook whole fish? Think again. Just dress your fish and throw it in the oven or steamer, and you're set for a simple celebration or show-stopping supper.

17 recipes

Puttanesca baked fish with salsa verde. — EASY

Pasta dish

Puttanesca whole baked snapper with salsa verde

30 mins - 1 hr
Jessica Brook

Steamed whole baby snapper in soy and oyster sauce — EASY

Seafood

Steamed whole baby snapper in soy and oyster sauce

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

Whole snapper roasted with herbs and chat potatoes. — EASY

Seafood

Whole snapper roasted with herbs and potato

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

The red-cooking method produces dishes with a rich, mahogany hue. — EASY

Seafood

Braised fish Shanghai-style or red-cooked fish

< 30 mins
Tony Tan

Baked fish with breadcrumbs

Seafood

Baked fish with tomatoes and breadcrumbs recipe

1-2 hrs
Jill Dupleix

Whole baked ocean trout. — EASY

Seafood

Whole roasted ocean trout with lemon and thyme

30 mins - 1 hr
Neil Perry

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Steamed snapper in glass noodles.

Seafood

Steamed snapper in glass noodles

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

Crispy fried snapper with sweet and sour sauce. — EASY

Seafood

Crispy fried snapper with sweet and sour sauce

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

Steamed snapper with ginger and green onions.

Seafood

Steamed snapper with ginger and green onions

30 mins - 1 hr
Neil Perry

Symbolic steamed snapper.

Banquet

Steamed whole fish with soy, ginger and spring onion recipe

< 30 mins
Andrew McConnell

Rodney Dunn's roast whole flounder with seaweed butter.

Seafood

Agrarian Kitchen's roast whole flounder with seaweed butter recipe

< 30 mins
Rodney Dunn

This recipe also works well with fish fillets.

Banquet

Steamed whole snapper with black beans and chilli

< 30 mins
Kylie Kwong

Whole stuffed trout with mushrooms and brown butter. — EASY

Seafood

Whole stuffed trout with mushrooms and brown butter

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

Karen Martini's masala marinated mackerel.

Barbecue

Grilled whole mackerel with ginger masala and onion salad

1-2 hrs
Karen Martini

Cider roasted rainbow trout with kaiserfleisch, lemon and fennel stuffing. Recipe by Karen Martini. Picture by Marcel Aucar. Styling by Karina Duncan

Seafood

Cider-roasted rainbow trout with kaiserfleisch, apple, fennel and lemon

1-2 hrs
Karen Martini

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Fab fish: With its dramatic cucumber 'scales', this is no ordinary salmon.

Dinner party

Whole baked salmon stuffed with lemon and herb rice

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Whole salt-baked ocean trout

Seafood

Whole salt-baked ocean trout

1-2 hrs
Neil Perry

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