Fresh Tasty Snoek Braai. Fresh from the sea, is the best for this cold water fish. Glazed with sweat apricot jam and grilled on some coals.

On the west coast of South Africa, this fish is caught in cold water. The snoek is a soft white meat fish, and can be smoked or grilled on a braai. Other methods as well, but these are the most popular methods used for this fish.

Fresh fish being caught by fisherman from the sea, and laid out on a jetty.

This long bodied and long head fish has a lot of bones in the flesh as well. The fishing vessels that go out to sea catch the fish on a hand line and place the fish on ice to keep its firmness and freshness.

Freshly caught snoek fish, from the west coast of south africa

Once the snoek has been gutted (stomach out) its head cut off and scaled its either smoked or dried.

The grilling of this fish on a braai is very popular for the
South African people. Glazed with apricot jam for some sweetness.

Salt and peppering the cut up snoek fish on a grill on coals

A snoek fish grilling on coals on a braai, notice that the skin is still kept on the fish for the protection of the meat while grilling (prevent the meat from breaking up)

This process of grilling is that the closed grill holds the fish in place and is turned around.

But for the start of the grilling process the fish is first grilled with the skin side down.

Once its grilling you baste the fish with a apricot jam mixture.

Below is a fresh tasty snoek braai

snoek fish being grilled and turned on coals

When the fish is done, you break the white flesh away from the skin and place on a plate.

If the cooked white flesh is cut with a knife you are more than likely to cut up the soft bones that the fish has. These can get easily stuck in your throat. Therefore pulling fish from the braai grill is the better option and allows the bones to stay behind or intact.

A final cooked snoek fish flesh dished up on a plat with potato and salads

Snoek is normally eaten with baked sweet potato or salads.

The recipe below.

Fresh Tasty Snoek Braai

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Fresh Tasty Snoek Braai. Fresh from the sea, is the best for this cold water fish. Glazed with sweat apricot jam and grilled on some coals.

Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Total Time: 35 min
Yield: 35 min

Ingredients

Two fresh snoek (fresh is best as the meat is firm, otherwise it goes soft to quickly)

Some apricot jam

Butter

Olive oil

lemon

salt and pepper

Instructions

Have a braai that has formed coals.

Cut the snoek head and tail off and clean the gut out. Scale it.(or purchase the fish cleaned)

Leave the skin on for braaiing.

Make sure the grid is clean and baste the snoek with olive oil so that it doesn’t stick.

Make the marinade to baste the fish as it braais. Apricot jam with some melted butter or oil.

Cut lemon to squeeze on the fish while braaiing.

Place the snoek on the grill with the skin down.

Baste the apricot jam on and salt and pepper while its grilling.

Once the fish is cooked, which is a few minutes. White fresh soft meat.

Break it off the grill, as it will break into pieces. Do not cut it as it has soft bones.(breaking it will leave bones behind)

Place on a plate with salad or baked sweet potatoes.

Delicious sweat and tasty

Notes

A simple quick method to braai and baste fresh snoek with apricot jam.

Keywords: fresh braai apricot basted snoek

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