Baby Whale Shark Fry
Ingredients:
1 ea Baby Whale shark, 2 to 2-1/2 lbs
1/4 c Tomato, chopped fine
1/4 c Onion, minced
1 ts Corn oil
3 tb Corn oil
2 tb Flour
1 ea Egg, beaten
Fillet the shark, remove the rather leathery skin, and divide the fish into four pieces, or buy shark steaks, ready to cook. Fry the tomato and onion in 1 tsp oil for three minutes to prepare a simple sauce. In another skillet, heat three Tbs oil over moderate heat. Dip the shark pieces into the flour and then coat them with beaten egg. Brown in the oil for three minutes on each side. Drain briefly on a paper towel. Serve warm, pouring the sauce over the pieces.
Broiled Spicy Whale Shark
Ingredients:
1 lb Whale Shark fillets (3/4" thick)
1/4 c Chopped parsley
1 ts Dried basil
2 tb Seafood sauce or chilli sauce
1/3 c Lemon juice
1 tb Chopped fresh basil, or
1 x Clove garlic, minced
1 tb Light soy sauce
Place fish fillets in plastic bag. Add lemon juice, parsley, basil, garlic, chilli sauce and soy sauce. Close top of bag and refrigerate for at least one hour, but not longer than eight hours. Remove fish from bag and save marinade. Place fish on rack of pre-heated broiler about three inches from heat and broil for three to five minutes. Turn fillets over, brush top with marinade and boil an additional five to eight minutes until fish flakes or is done to taste. Boil the rest of the marinade until it is reduced by half, and pour over fillets when serving.