NEW YORK'S SEAFOOD COUNCIL: SHAD RECIPES

Marinated Shad with Ginger and Honey
Serves 2

Ingredients

Method

1 pound

Shad fillets (Skin on)

Combine the oil, soy sauce, honey, ginger, and pepper. Marinate the shad fillets in this mixture for about 2 hours. Broil, skin side down, about 5-6 inches from the heat source for about 12 minutes. Cook longer if the fillets are very thick. Keep basting the fillets with the marinade. Do not turn. Serve with rice and a spinach salad.

3 tbsp.

Vegetable oil

3 tbsp.

Soy sauce (low-salt if prefered)

3 tbsp.

Honey

2 tbsp.

Ginger, freshly grated

Pepper, freshly ground, to taste

Recipe from the “Foods of the Hudson” by Peter G. Rose, Overlook Press 1993.

Ingredients		Method
1 pound	Shad fillets (Skin on)	Combine the oil, soy sauce, honey, ginger, and pepper. Marinate the shad fillets in this mixture for about 2 hours. Broil, skin side down, about 5-6 inches from the heat source for about 12 minutes. Cook longer if the fillets are very thick. Keep basting the fillets with the marinade. Do not turn. Serve with rice and a spinach salad.
3 tbsp.	Vegetable oil
3 tbsp.	Soy sauce (low-salt if prefered)
3 tbsp.	Honey
2 tbsp.	Ginger, freshly grated
	Pepper, freshly ground, to taste