There are countless ways to prepare fish, one of which is the grilled dish. In the Cooking Tips section, TasteVN will suggest over 30 ways to make delicious grilled fish using a grill to make family meals more diverse!
1 Grilled Sturgeon
At the top of the list is grilled sturgeon with preparations such as grilled with chili salt or grilled with galangal and fermented rice, offering an irresistible delicious dish.
Each slice of fish is marinated generously with spices, then grilled on a rack until slightly charred, releasing a subtle smoky aroma.
Alongside the sweet taste of the fish meat, you will also experience the rich and spicy flavor of chili, which is sure to delight anyone who tries it.
2 Grilled Snakehead Fish
Snakehead fish is an incredibly familiar ingredient in every family meal. If frying or braising fish is making your taste buds a bit weary, why not switch it up with grilling?
With the characteristic of being grilled whole on a rack, grilled snakehead fish will have a crunchy golden skin, slightly charred on the outside. The flesh inside is tender and sweet, pristine white, served with fresh herbs or dipped in chili salt for an amazing taste!
3 Grilled Mullet
No complicated marinating needed, grilled mullet is a dish that meets the criteria of being quick, delicious, and neat for those who dislike spending too much time in the kitchen.
Simply clean the fish, then grill it whole until the skin is crispy and golden, with many distinctive charred stripes from the grill, and it’s ready to enjoy.
Grilled mullet is firm, retaining its naturally sweet and fatty flavor, wrapped with rice paper and fresh herbs, dipped generously in spicy sour fish sauce, making the dish even more enticing.
4 Grilled catfish
Catfish is an easily accessible ingredient with many cooking methods for you to choose from. Whether it’s grilled with salt and chili, grilled with scallion oil, or grilled in banana leaves, all are very delicious.
After being cleaned and marinated with spices, the catfish will be placed on a grill and grilled over hot coals until the skin is crispy.
Each hot, sweet piece of fish is served with fresh herbs wrapped in rice paper, dipped in spicy fish sauce, making it more and more addictive.
5 Grilled mackerel
Another ideal suggestion for those looking for a delicious, nutritious meal that is also convenient.
The mackerel just needs to be cleaned and grilled whole on the grill to be ready to enjoy while still hot. The special feature of this dish is that you will wrap the fish with fig leaves, dipping it with chili salt or sweet and sour fish sauce.
The fish has a light smoky aroma, is hot, sweet, and blends with the bitter taste of fig leaves and the spiciness of the dipping sauce, promising to give you an unforgettable experience.
6 Grilled carp
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, carp is likened to a “precious medicine” because it not only creates many delicious dishes but is also extremely good for health.
Carp is naturally meaty and sweet, so it can be cooked in many ways that are all very flavorful. One of them is the grilled carp on the grill.
After grilling, the fish will have a fragrant aroma from lemongrass, minced onion, and garlic and an appealing golden-brown color. The fish meat is tender and moist, absorbing the spicy seasoning combined with the crispy, fatty skin, making it undeniably delicious!
7 Grilled Snakehead Fish
Grilled snakehead fish on a charcoal grill – a dish that may seem unfamiliar to many, but once you taste a piece, it will leave you longing for more.
The grilled fish has a crispy, fragrant skin, juicy and tender meat, served with fresh greens, enhanced with a sweet and sour, spicy flavor from garlic chili fish sauce, ensuring you’ll want to eat it endlessly.
8 Grilled Mudfish
Mudfish may look small and unappealing, but when grilled to a crisp over hot coals, it will definitely captivate your eyes.
Biting into a crispy, steaming piece of fish with evenly absorbed spices, salty and spicy, paired with fresh raw vegetables will make the dish even more flavorful and delicious.
9 Grilled Glass Fish
Although less common than other types of fish, glass fish is one of the specialties in the Western region worth trying.
Grilled glass fish can be prepared in various ways such as: grilled with satay, grilled with salt and chili, and grilled with lemongrass.
Each dish has its own unique flavor, but the most outstanding is the sweet and chewy texture of the fish meat combined with the light aroma of smoke from grilling over charcoal, ensuring you won’t be able to put your chopsticks down.
10 Grilled Orange-Fleshed Fish
Orange-fleshed fish is known for being gentle, easy to eat, and extremely delicious. Therefore, any dish made with orange-fleshed fish is favored by many, especially the grilled orange-fleshed fish.
The fish is evenly grilled over hot coals on a grill until cooked, then it is brushed all over the skin with a mixture of salt, lemongrass, and chili, giving the final product an extremely eye-catching golden-brown color.
The fish meat when eaten is firm, fragrant, sweet, and infused with spicy flavors that are incredibly stimulating; served with Vietnamese coriander, it’s simply delicious!
11 Grilled Catfish
The catfish is carefully processed and then marinated with galangal and lemongrass. After that, it is placed on a grill and grilled over coals until the outer skin is dry, crispy, and fragrant.
The catfish meat when eaten is wrapped with rice paper, added with a bit of wild betel leaves and shredded carrots, dipped in a spicy garlic fish sauce, guaranteed to be irresistibly delicious!
12 Grilled Tilapia
Grilled tilapia using a grill is a rustic dish of the people in the Mekong Delta. Although simple and unpretentious, the taste of this dish is not inferior to any gourmet delicacies.
The fish is grilled until the skin is crispy and charred, releasing the aroma of smoky charcoal when fully cooked. Inside, the meat is firm, soft, and moist with a light sweet and fatty flavor, dipped in green chili salt or sweet and sour fish sauce is simply unbeatable.
13 Grilled Snakehead Fish
Grilled snakehead fish is sold in many street corners. Instead of buying it, you can also make this dish yourself for the whole family, saving money and ensuring safety.
Grilled fish will have a beautiful dark yellow color and a light smoky aroma because it is grilled on a rack. The spicy, salty, and moderately crispy skin blends evenly with the fragrant and rich fish meat.
This dish wrapped with rice paper and some herbs, lettuce,… is simply delightful.
14 Grilled Mackerel
Grilled mackerel on charcoal has a very appealing aroma. Because it is grilled on a rack, the skin is crispy with a slight bitterness from the charred lines, while the inside has fresh, sweet fish meat, rich in spices.
Tearing off a piece of hot fish, placing it on a bed of refreshing vegetables, and dipping it in chili salt with lime is indescribably delicious.
15 Grilled Red Snapper
The firm and meaty red snapper is also one of the fish types suitable for grilling to change up the family menu.
After cleaning, the fish will be scored with many diagonal cuts and marinated with spices. Then, it is placed on the charcoal grill and turned regularly until golden and fragrant.
Each hot piece of fish with a fatty skin and sweet meat, eaten with fresh vegetables, is incredibly delicious!
16 Grilled Flying Fish
When grilled, flying fish is wrapped tightly in banana leaves and placed on the grill, which helps the fish cook evenly without burning.
The fish meat is deliciously sweet, lightly fragrant with garlic and chili, along with a moderate crispiness from the charred skin, perfectly paired with sweet and sour dipping sauce!
17 Grilled Pangasius
Fatty and meaty pangasius will be a wonderful ingredient to add to your family’s grilling menu.
The fish is marinated with spices and then placed on a charcoal grill until the skin is dry and has char marks, which is perfect. Thanks to this, when you eat, you can feel the crispiness of the fish skin, the spiciness of the chili, and the sweet, juicy meat—delicious indeed!
18 Grilled Grouper
Grouper is a highly favored type of saltwater fish on the list of seafood due to its particularly delicious flavor. You can refer to preparation methods such as grilling with lemon butter or grilling in aluminum foil.
With its characteristics of white, firm, and subtly sweet meat, grilling it to crispiness with various spices makes the dish even more appealing.
Let’s head to the kitchen to check out the recipe; I guarantee this grilled grouper will not disappoint you!
19 Grilled Barramundi
Barramundi is a type of saltwater fish that, although it has a thin body, its flesh is quite firm and sweet. Additionally, barramundi is very easy to fillet, which is why many people love to choose it for cooking.
The fish is placed on the grill and then grilled over hot coals until the skin tightens, releasing a characteristic smoky aroma. The dish will be even more flavorful when served with fresh vegetables and sweet and sour fish sauce.
20 Grilled Eel
If you’re tired of stews and fried dishes, you should try the grilled eel recipe for a more diverse family meal.
You can buy it as fillets or cut pieces of fish, marinate evenly with a mixture of turmeric or fermented galangal, then grill until fragrant. This fish, served with hot steamed rice or fresh noodles, will surely receive compliments from everyone.
21 Grilled Stingray
Don’t miss out on grilled stingray cooked on a barbecue grill because you will regret not tasting the special delicious flavor of “it”.
When grilled, the stingray will have a crispy, fragrant skin, and the meat inside is sweet and slightly salty, making it very palatable. Especially, stingray has no bones, only light, crispy cartilage, so you can enjoy it freely!
22 Grilled Salmon
Salmon is a dish that is not only delicious but also contains many nutrients good for health. No matter how it is prepared, this type of fish retains its sweetness and characteristic fattiness.
So, let’s try making grilled salmon on a barbecue grill with TasteVN to taste it right away. The fish, after being grilled to perfection, absorbs the spices in every fiber, wrapped with rice paper and accompanied by lettuce and cucumber is just perfect.
23 Grilled Tuna
Tuna is also a type of fish that contains a high nutritional content, making it very suitable for you to transform into many dishes for the whole family.
You can buy pre-processed tuna, marinate it with spices, then place it on the grill and grill both sides evenly over hot coals, and it’s ready to serve. This is a delicious and extremely ideal suggestion for those who are reluctant to eat oily dishes!
24 Grilled Giant Catfish
Giant Catfish is a type of smooth-skinned fish with a flat tail, similar to catfish, but larger, with a black color and more whiskers than catfish. This type of fish lives in brackish water, so its flesh is very firm and sweet, which allows for a variety of delicious dishes to be prepared.
After being grilled, the Giant Catfish has a fragrant aroma, with many charred layers on the skin from the grill that look extremely appetizing. The meat has a sweet, soft, and chewy texture, paired with rich green onion oil or spicy chili salt, both of which are very delicious.
25 Grilled Flounder
Flounder is often chosen by many families for cooking because it has a mild sweet flavor, is meaty, and is good for health.
For those who enjoy spicy food, you can try the grilled flounder with lemongrass and chili on the grill. Or if you want to taste something more unique, consider the grilled flounder with vegetables!
26 Grilled Sardines
Sardines are often used for braising or cooking in tomato sauce, but this type of fish is also incredibly attractive when prepared as grilled dishes. If you want to try it, check out the recipe for grilled sardines right below!
Sardines are grilled until hot and have a mild sweet flavor, slightly fatty, coated with a unique basil sauce, and served with white rice will be very appetizing!
27 Grilled Horse Mackerel
The horse mackerel is a specialty dish in Phu Quoc. Thanks to its delicious flavor and firm, sweet meat, this type of fish is very popular and can be prepared into many appealing dishes such as grilled dishes, fried dishes, soups,…
Grilled horse mackerel over charcoal is fragrant and perfectly cooked, with tender, aromatic, and slightly sweet meat. You can enjoy this dish with vermicelli, rice paper, and fresh herbs, dipping it in sweet and sour fish sauce to enhance the flavor!
28 Grilled Mackerel
The mackerel is a type of fish with little bone and plenty of meat, making it very easy to eat and adaptable to many delicious dishes, among which the grilled mackerel is a standout.
Each firm piece of fish is grilled over charcoal, offering a spicy, fragrant taste with a rich flavor from the ingredients, making the dish even more enticing and irresistible.
29 Grilled Silver Pomfret
The silver pomfret often appears in Vietnamese family meals. Therefore, if this ingredient is prepared in various ways, it would be wonderful!
TasteVN will immediately share with you the delicious grilled silver pomfret recipe using a grill with just a few simple steps. The fish is tender, fragrant, and lightly sweet and fatty, perfect for eating with fresh vermicelli or wrapped in rice paper!
30 Grilled Catfish
Grilled catfish is the next contender on today’s grilled fish list. With simple ingredients such as garlic, green chili, lime leaves… the fish is marinated with spices and then placed on the grill until golden and crispy.
Grilled fish is hot, chewy, and sweet, eaten with fresh vegetables wrapped in rice paper, enhanced by the rich flavor of dipping sauce; you will surely love this dish!
31 Grilled Snapper
Grilling snapper on charcoal retains the characteristic sweet aroma of sea fish. When eating, remember to remove the outer skin; the inner flesh is sweet, slightly chewy, and incredibly unique in flavor.
You can enjoy this dish with fresh vegetables, rice paper, and a little vermicelli, dipped in tamarind fish sauce. This is guaranteed to be a perfect suggestion for your family to change up the flavors on the weekend!
32 Grilled Fish Eggs
Grilled fish eggs with chili salt is also a suitable dish for you to consider for the weekend menu with friends and family.
The fish when grilled on charcoal will have a salty, spicy, and fatty skin, dipped with a little lime chili salt, enjoying with fresh beer is just wonderful!
33 Grilled Barramundi
To change up the flavors, grilled barramundi will be a great choice for you on days when you don’t know what to eat.
The fish is marinated with spices, wrapped in aluminum foil, and placed on the grill for about 20 minutes until cooked. The fish meat is not dry at all, soft and sweet, wrapped with fresh vegetables and vermicelli to fully enjoy the deliciousness of the dish!
34 Grilled Mullet
Grilled mullet is also a delicious dish that you should not miss. The fish will be minced, then mixed evenly with spices. It is then wrapped with a piece of boneless fish and placed on the grill until cooked.
The finished product will be eye-catching golden fish pieces, fragrant and delicious, served with fresh vegetables, and dipped in sweet and sour sauce or pepper fish sauce for the best taste!
35 Grilled eel
The final suggestion in today’s grilled fish menu is grilled eel using a charcoal grill. This is a rustic, simple dish but possesses an incredibly delicious and appealing flavor.
Eel is relatively firm, tender, and sweet, marinated with shrimp paste or spicy chili salt, both are super tasty. Enjoying this grilled dish with fresh beer on the weekend is just perfect!
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With over 30 ways to grill fish using a grill above, TasteVN is confident you will be able to cook delicious meals for your family during family meals. Wishing you success!
