I never thought to try shark. never wanted to. The thought of eating a shark was just plain weird. I would always stick to my go to and known fish’s like, salmon, haddock, and shellfish. But wow, am I glad I tried shark!
My husband wanted to try it, so we picked some up at the market, did some research on how to cook shark, and it is amazing!
It flakes just like salmon and haddock. It is nice and tender, and has a nice dense meaty flavor.
Shark is so easy to cook too. You can marinate it like I did, or spread some olive oil on top with some spices. Shark already has a lot of flavor naturally so not much is needed to make it taste amazing.
For this recipe I made a marinade, and marinated the shark steak for a half an hour. 15 minutes each side.
For the marinade I used rice vinegar, fresh parsley, clove of garlic, black pepper, soy sauce, and lemon juice. So simple, and so tasty!
You want to place your shark steak in a medium size bowl.
Add the rice vinegar, chopped parsley, and minced garlic.
Now add your fresh squeeze lemon juice.
Last you want to add your soy sauce, and pinch of black pepper.
Put in the fridge to marinate for 30 minutes. Turning over halfway through.
Once 30 minutes is up, bake shark in preheated oven for 10 minutes per inch of thickness. My shark steak was pretty thick, I would say they were about an inch thick, so I baked mine for 10 minutes.
You want to make sure you don’t bake for too long, otherwise the texture will be tough and rubbery.
When its done, it should flake off easily like haddock and salmon.
And there we have it! I hope you enjoy this recipe! Don’t be afraid to try it…trust me!