| Total: | 40 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 35 min |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 10 chunks or steaked pieces Lake Michigan Whitefish (10 to 12 ounces each)
- 2 pounds salt
- 20 new waxy red potatoes
- 30 small onions (approximately 1 1/2-inch diameter)
- 1/2 pound butter, melted
- 10 lemon wedges
Instructions
- Fill a 24 quart kettle 3/4 full of water. Place over open fire or on stove and bring to boil. Add potatoes and 1 pound of salt. When boil resumes, time for 8 minutes. Then add onions wait until boil resumes then time for 2 minutes. Add whitefish and remaining salt. After 14 additional minutes of boiling dinner is ready. Broth may be ladled off prior to serving. Or use a slotted spoon to retrieve food from kettle.
- Fish is placed on plate along with 2 potatoes and 3 onions, melted butter is then ladled over and garnished with lemon wedge.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 636 |
| Total Fat | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Carbohydrates | 98 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 12 g |
| Sugar | 15 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 67 mg |
| Sodium | 1776 mg |
Reviews
Living in TX now, but vacationed in Ephraim, Door County every summer for years. Honeymooned there. My husband loves fish boil and we decided to surprise him for Father’s Day. Spent lots of $ on amazing fish, followed the recipe to a tee, and it called for FAR too much salt. I was panicking and rinsing and soaking, rinsing and soaking the food because it was completely inedible. Thankfully, after multiples soaks it came to a decent place to serve… though the fish was a tiny bit overcooked at that point. Everyone loved it after all, but the heart attack it almost caused me was not worth it. I’m assuming the restaurant that submitted this recipe attempted to gauge measurements… because they use a ton of salt in their ginormous cauldrons. Somehow, it didn’t translate to a home kitchen. Need to rewrite because this isn’t EDIBLE!
This brings me back to my childhood. It was lots of fun going to fish boils. But now that I am away from the Great Lakes I have people look at me funny when I talk about fish boils. I loved them they were really good. And it was fun watching the whole process.