Thread: Kahawai favorite uses

Originally Posted by 6x47

Worth trying sweet Thai chilli sauce instead of brown sugar. Gives your pies a little lift.

Sweet chilli works well. Coke syrup and some hot sauce also does a good trick.

As for uses, if you have it fresh, as sashimi, its great. Not so good cooked as a fillet, same as any game fish. Treat it like you would tuna. Hard to go past it for smoking though.

If smoked, either smoked fish pie or as a dip. Flake it out, add it to some lite cream cheese (full fat cream cheese will overpower the flavour of the kawahai) salt pepper and some freshly chopped chives and/or mint. Superb on crackers.