Keto Salt-Crusted Fish: Easy & Juicy (Video)

Quick & juicy keto salt-crusted fish made with Italian technique. It’s one of my favorites wow effect recipes that is perfect on a dinner table. Yes, it’s paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free & low carb. 

The best part is that you can’t over or under season the fish. The secret salt crust technique will do all the work for you. All the juices will be inside the fish and don’t have to worry about dry fish.

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Seafood obsession: Italian technique in Russia

I have found myself cooking fish at least twice a week. It’s my latest obsession. This recipe here is one of the oldest whole fish recipes I have had. It’s my favorite technique that Italians have ever discovered. Even though it supposed to be Italian one of my Russian friends introduced me this fish cooking technique.

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Crazy Salt: 1 kg

If you looked at the ingredients and you haven’t used this technique before, then you might roll your eyes. ONE KILOGRAM of salt?! YES! That’s right, and I didn’t make a typo here. It’s not a gram, it’ s a kilogram.

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Why Salt Crust? Juices inside!

Don’t worry you’re not going to eat all the salt. That would be crazy. You use the salt crust to cook the fish. The best part is that you can’t over or under season the fish. The secret salt crust technique will do all the work for you. All the juices will be inside the fish and don’t have to worry about dry fish. It’s a perfect keto salt-crusted fish.

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Quick option: cooking time minimal

The other great part is that the fish cooks quickly. Only 20-25 minutes in the oven and that’s it! You’ve got your keto salt-crusted fish. When you remove the crust, you will get a perfectly seasoned and juicy fish. Just make sure that you remove all the crust and even skin because these are extra salty.

Keto Salt-Crusted Fish (Paleo, Low Carb, Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free)

Serve for 5

Time in total: 45 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Nutritional information (per serving (167,6 g), without a salt crust): 169,5 kcal, Protein: 29,9 g, Net Carbs: 0,3 g, Fat: 4,9 g

Ingredients

  • 1 kg sea salt (35 oz, about 4 cups)
  • 1 dl (0,5 cups) water
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 white fish (lavaret or sea bass, about 0,8 – 1 kg cleaned and not scaled)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • A few mint or thyme branches
  • 4-6 lemon slices

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180° C/ 356° F.
  2. Mix salt, egg whites, and water. Mix well until it looks like wet sand.
  3. Put the lemon slices and mint inside the fish.  Cover the fish with olive oil.
  4. Add 1/4 of salt in the baking pan (you can use parchment paper as well). Place the fish on top and pack with the rest of the salt.
  5. Bake the fish about 20-25 minutes (internal temperature about 60° C/ 135° F). Remove from the oven and let it rest for 10 minutes under the salt crust.
  6. Crack and remove the hard, pale brown crust of salt.  Remove the skin and “fillet” the fish (since the fish is already very soft, then the fish bones come off without a knife).

*Serving options: Serve with green leaves, roasted potatoes, good extra virgin olive oil, lemon or rocket pesto.

Keto Salt-crusted Fish by Healthy Laura Food Photography. HealthyLaura @healthylauracom paleo seabass, keto seabass, oven baked seabass, dairy free recipes keto, lemon, white fish, keto paleo fish, gluten free dinner weight watchers. #ketocomfort #ketoseafood #paleoseafood #paleofish #saltcrustedfish

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