Sturgeon Recipes

So, I'm gonna give sturgeon a try soon.  I haven't fished this before, and I've never eaten sturgeon before.

What's the best way to clean and prepare this fish? Should I fillet it or steak it? I've seen sturgeon for sale before in steaks with the skin on, and I've seen fillets for sale skin off.

How should I cook it?  From what I've found here and other places on the net, seems like most people smoke sturgeon.  Others seem to saute in a skillet.

Thanks for sharing and building the stoke! 

I’ll brainstorm all day, sturgeon is a smoking item for me with several washes for variety of flavors.  I’ve certainly explored other ideas but haven’t committed yet.  Da Russians make soup and I met a Ukrainian chap and they lean with some Arabic spices.  Technique though is what needs to be found.  I’d take cast iron with s & p and bacon fat and try some pieces in flour, some floured and breaded, some plain….do not over cook.  I would bleed and ikijime that puppy fo sho.  Again, I’m just brainstormin…

I’ll brainstorm all day, sturgeon is a smoking item for me with several washers for variety of flavors.  I’ve certainly expired other ideas but haven’t committed yet.  Da Russians make soup and I met a Ukrainian chap and they lean with some Arabic spices.  Technique though is what needs to be found.  I’d take cast iron with s & p and bacon fat and try some pieces in flour, some floured and breaded, some plain….do not over cook.  I would bleed and ikijime that puppy fo sho.  Again, I’m just brainstormin…

Thanks Eddie, always clutch with the ideas!  We have similar palettes, I think.  Found some of the recipes you've posted in previous seasons, gonna take some for a spin when I wrangle ol' diamond sides.  Will def some somez but probably try some a few different ways too.

I had a sturg dish at Le Papillon a few years ago.  They no longer feature it on their current menu, but their roasted chilean c bass sounds like a similar dish.  I recall my sturgeon was steak cut and i enjoyed chewing on the big ol cartilage on it.  served in a citrus beurre blanc on whipped potato bed, like the current c-bass. 

You can find recipes for this and similar preparations via googl.

Roasted Chilean Sea Bass with Yuzu Beurre Blanc, Pickled Shimeji Mushrooms, and Potato Mille-Feuille

https://www.lepapillon.com/dinner-menu

I purchased some Sturgeon from a farm up in Oregon a few months ago.  We did the steaks on the cast iron, typical butter, S/P/Lawry's - was good. 

I still have 4 fillets in the freezer, have not yet decided how to cook them, want to try something different though. from above, I may need to call up a Ukrainian friend of mine, and ask for advice.

Great, now you've got me googling "рецепт осетрини" and plugging the results into google translate. I'll have to actually try catching a dino this year.

I had sturgeon at the Pelican Inn many years ago. It was a simple preparation as Eddie suggested for a starting point, and it was very good.

All of this recipe talk has got me thinking that I’m going to need to try to get a sturgeon this year…

All of this recipe talk has got me thinking that I’m going to need to try to get a sturgeon this year…

Well now, at the appointed time, no guarantees, China camp anchor style and threefer, pick up mirage drive, fish tandem yak freezing style, wrangle sturgeon to freezer….

All of this recipe talk has got me thinking that I’m going to need to try to get a sturgeon this year…

Well now, at the appointed time, no guarantees, China camp anchor style and threefer, pick up mirage drive, fish tandem yak freezing style, wrangle sturgeon to freezer….

Hey, aren’t you in Hawaii? If so, you ought to be tormenting us with pictures of paradise while we suffer thru stormy weather, power outages, and the 3rd consecutive day of what was supposed to be a 24 hour virus (OK, that last one is just me, but it does explain why I’ve spent all so much time on the internet the past few days, while getting absolutely nothing productive done)…

All of this recipe talk has got me thinking that I’m going to need to try to get a sturgeon this year…

Well now, at the appointed time, no guarantees, China camp anchor style and threefer, pick up mirage drive, fish tandem yak freezing style, wrangle sturgeon to freezer….

Hey, aren’t you in Hawaii? If so, you ought to be tormenting us with pictures of paradise while we suffer thru stormy weather, power outages, and the 3rd consecutive day of what was supposed to be a 24 hour virus (OK, that last one is just me, but it does explain why I’ve spent all so much time on the internet the past few days, while getting absolutely nothing productive done)…

Ok den…bonus pic…protected saltwater pools created from lava flow and smashing north shore surf

Dang, that place looks awesome.  Jealous!