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Fish with skin that goes crispy

By:Nagi
Published:4 Oct '21Updated:8 Dec '23
5 Comments
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Everybody loves a juicy piece of fish that comes with a shatteringly crispy skin! But not all fish has skin that will easily go crispy when pan seared. Here’s a list of common fish that WILL get crispy skin – and those that will not!

Have I left off fish? Let me know in the comments below and I’ll add them!

Close up photo of Crispy Skin Barramundi

Fish with skin that goes crispy

This is a list of fish with skin that will go crispy when cooked on the stove, covering the most common fish in the largest readership countries. See How To Cook Fish with Crispy Skin for directions!

Australia

  • Barramundi

  • Bream

  • Blue eye cod / trevalla

  • Jewfish

  • Ocean trout

  • River trout

  • Salmon – see Crispy Skin Salmon recipe

  • Snapper

US / UK

  • Cod

  • Salmon – see Crispy Skin Salmon recipe

  • Sea bass

  • Tilapia

  • Plate of creamy risotto with crispy salmon
    Salmon is a fish that is ideal for cooking with crispy skin.

Fish with skin that will NOT go crispy

This is a list of fish with skin that will NOT go crispy when pan seared. This can be because the skin isn’t suitable for crisping (eg. too thin or wrong composition), is not a pleasant texture for eating when pan-seared, or it’s simply too difficult to achieve (eg. the fillets are so thin they cook too fast to crisp the skin).

  • Alaskan Pollock

  • Basa / Pangasius

  • Catfish

  • Dover Sole

  • Flathead

  • Flounder

  • Haddock

  • Halibut

  • Hoki

  • John Dory

  • Kingfish – See Kingfish Ceviche recipe

  • Ling

  • Mackerel

  • Mahi-mahi

  • Monkfish / Stargazer – see Monkfish recipe

  • Pollock

  • Sardines – See Crusted Italian Sardines

  • Swordfish

  • Tuna – See Tuna Poke Bowl, Tuna Steak and Tuna Tartare recipes

  • Turbot

  • Whiting

Note: A number of these fish are sold without skin by fish mongers which is one helpful clue!


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5 Comments

  1. Jeannine Bauer says

    October 5, 2021 at 7:10 am

    Hi Nagi, Have written you a couple times re your recipes. I have enjoyed them and passed them on to friends that have eaten with us. Thanks again.

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  2. Margo Anton says

    October 4, 2021 at 7:43 pm

    Another fish available in North America (and I’ve eaten it in Europe too) that gets crispy skin is Arctic char.

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    • Corey Kish says

      June 16, 2022 at 8:35 am

      So true, I’m not sure about all Char, but I do know that Brook Trout (actually a Char) also gets tasty, crisp Skin….Hungry now lol.

      Reply
  3. Elizabeth Douglas says

    October 4, 2021 at 5:35 pm

    Nagi, basa and pangasius are the same thing…?

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    • Nagi says

      October 4, 2021 at 7:52 pm

      Right you are Elizabeth! Thank you, I shall correct it 🙂 N x

      Reply

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