How to Get Rid of Fish Odor Before Cooking It

Eating fresh fish is one of the easier and more delicious ways to get lean protein in your diet and to live a healthier life. However, cooking fish has one overwhelming downside for most people: the lingering smell. Although many people try to mask or get rid of the fish odor once it has already pervaded the house, you can take simple steps to keep the smell from spreading in the first place.

Things You'll Need

• Large bowl
• Milk
• Plastic wrap
• White vinegar
• Small bowl
• 1 apple, sliced
• Aluminum foil
• 10 mint leaves
• Large pot of water
• 2 lemons

Instructions

1. Find a bowl large enough to hold all the fish you are going to cook.

2. Fill the bowl with milk and place all the fish inside.

3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator.

4. Let the fish soak in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

5. Take the bowl from the fridge, remove the fish and rinse each one with cold water. Pat dry and prepare to cook.

6. Pour a small bowl of white vinegar and leave it next to the stove while cooking the fish and for at least 3 hours after.

7. If frying the fish, slice an apple and place it into the heated oil before cooking. Let the apple slices cook in the oil until they are brown, then remove them and fry the fish.

8. If baking the fish in an oven, line the baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place 10 mint leaves next to the fish on the sheet and leave the mint there while cooking.

Tips & Warnings

• Boil a large pot of water if the fish odor persists. Squeeze the juice from two lemons into the boiling water, then drop in the rinds. Boil the lemons for 20 minutes or until the fish smell is gone.

References

• Chowhound
• Wacky Home Tips