Grilled Whole Fish – Inspired by Alison Roman

Alison Roman’s Home Movies make me feel like I can do anything.  I saw her episode on grilling a whole fish a year ago, and last Thursday I tried it myself.

I realized later I didn’t even do the lemon in the directions she posted.  Didn’t matter, it was delicious with the basics of brushing the fish with oil, making three cuts through the skin on both sides of the fish, and seasoning with salt and pepper both sides and in the cavity.  I did use Tony Chachere’s on two of the fish for something different.

Onto a hot grill they went.  No need to oil as I had brushed oil on the fish.

I grilled them for 5 minutes on each side.  The larger fish probably would have been better at 6 minutes as they stuck a little.