Good Friday is for good fish, and for your Easter feast we have you covered from snacks through to sides of cured salmon and traditional Good Friday white fish recipes to boot.
To start, there’s smoked trout pâté, perhaps, or Jacqui Challinor‘s delicious kingfish ceviche with avocado and finger lime. For an Easter showstopper, you could do worse than the impressive of beetroot-cured ocean trout. For some truly autumnal flavours, turn to cooking snapper fillet with mandarin and fennel sauce. Plus, our fancy riff on fish ‘n’ chips with baked barramundi and crispy potatoes is always a winner with a generous squeeze of lemon juice.
Looking for easy fish recipes? Check out Toby Wilson’s fish taco recipe in the video above for a festive Good Friday evening.
Time to go fishin’ – here are our best fish recipes to make (and eat) this Good Friday.
Selecting sustainable seafood is important when it comes to fish. While nine in 10 Australians say that they’re concerned about fish sustainability, only a fraction of us put our money where our mouth is. So, Gourmet Traveller created a sustainable seafood guide to shine a light on the ways you can be a better fish eater, from buying local and lesser-known fish species to handy online tool Good Fish Bad Fish. Or check out Australia’s independent sustainable seafood guide, Good Fish.
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The best Good Friday fish recipes for Easter 2025
Sake-poached salmon with pickled cucumbers and yuzu-wasabi jelly
A Japanese twist on an old classic.
Deep-fried coral trout with sambal belacan
Serving a whole fish is symbolic of good fortune. When placed on the table as a part of a banquet, the head should face the eldest member of the family unit as a sign of respect.
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Spiced tahini baked fish
This spiced fish recipe makes for a simple yet flavoursome dinner idea.
Mustard-baked salmon with kipflers and fennel tzatziki
Guaranteed to please the table.
Paper-baked snapper with artichokes and mushrooms
A stunning snapper recipe primed for weekend celebrations.
Barramundi with Grenobloise sauce and colcannon
A comforting pan-fried barramundi recipe with Grenobloise sauce and colcannon makes for one quick and easy dinner.
Kafeneion’s baked blue-eye trevalla with tomato and onion sauce
Also known as Psari Plaki, the classic summer dish is well-loved around Greece.
Seared tuna salad with radish, finger lime and citrus vinaigrette
This zingy seared tuna salad, topped with citrus vinaigrette and finger lime, will be a crowd-pleaser at your next lunch party.
Hot-smoked ocean trout and pearl barley salad
This hot-smoked ocean trout recipe makes for a delicious and easy weeknight dinner.
Spiced coral trout with eggplant ezme
Seafood is the star of an Australian holiday table.
Flounder with avgolemono sauce
The delicate flavours of flounder are elevated by the richness of a traditional Greek avgolemono sauce in a sensory escape to the Greek Islands.
Ultimate fish sandwich
Calling upon Australian fish shop nostalgia and native ingredients, this is our step-by-step guide to creating the perfect summer fish sandwich.
Roast baby snapper with potatoes, lemon and capers
Fresh and breezy, this dish will become a warm weather staple.
Ōra king salmon with tomato and peach salad
This makes a vibrant centrepiece for a stress-free late summer lunch.
Almond-crusted snapper with buttermilk dressing and summer slaw
Inspired by Australiana, green and gold combine in this fresh and easy midweek fish dish.
Baked barramundi with pepperleaf mayonnaise
When paired with our salt and vinegar potatoes, this baked barramundi recipe becomes a refined version on the classic Aussie fish and chips.
Hellenika’s Corfu bianco with John Dory, potato, onions and lemon
This recipe for Corfu bianco comes courtesy of Simon Gloftis, the owner of Hellenika in Brisbane. It tastes of the Greek Islands.
La Casita’s whole barbecued fish with sour-orange glaze
“The charred, sticky skin is my favourite part,” says La Casita chef Josh Lewis.
Sand whiting with caper and parsley butter
A simple, summery seafood recipe for midweek meals.
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Pasi Petänen’s potato dumplings with XO trout
From the Cafe Paci chef comes a dish that pays homage to that classic Finnish combination of potatoes and fish.
Whole snapper with orange and pistachio sauce
Fish, orange and pistachio may seem like an unlikely combination, but Brigitte Hafner’s touch makes this dish magical.
Coral trout with saffron and Sherry-roasted onions
Is there anything more showstopping than a whole baked fish?
Sardine toasts with agrodolce
Sometimes it pays to keep it simple. Toasty bread, butterflied sardines, agrodolce. Dinner done.
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Jacqui Challinor’s kingfish ceviche with avocado and finger lime
One of the most popular dishes on the Nomad menu, for good reason.
Kingfish crudo with pineapple and betel leaves
Super-fresh fish calls for this modern Asian-style crudo, by Liberté restaurant in Albany, WA.
Smoked trout pâté
Start your next soirée in style with this smoky and chive-flecked trout pâté. The bonus is that it’s surprisingly simple to prepare.
Barbecued coral trout in banana leaves with baby carrot escovitch
More than just theatrics, the banana leaves encase this Jamaican-inspired coral trout to lock in moisture and flavour. The end result balances spice and smokiness with pickled carrots for bright, zingy acidity and a kick of chilli. Click here for more of our favourite barbecue recipes. Banana leaves are available from Asian greengrocers. To cook […]
Pinbone’s anchovy and tomato bruschetta
This simple appetiser is big on flavour, contrasting salty anchovies with the sweetness and bite of tomatoes. Every bite is like a taste of Italian summer.
Beetroot-cured ocean trout with buttermilk and soft herbs
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for beetroot-cured ocean trout with buttermilk and soft herbs.
Bar Rochford’s garfish with sauce chien and habanero
If you haven’t tried the Carribean’s herb-packed sauce chien, what are you waiting for?
Grilled tuna salad with egg, asparagus and anchovy vinaigrette
Where classic flavours, top-shelf produce and minimal intervention combine.
Sean Moran’s poached Murray cod with dill
A summer-table centrepiece from the head chef of Sean’s in Bondi.
Bodega’s fish fingers
“Fish fingers have been on the menu from day one,” say Abrahanowicz and Milgate of Sydney’s Bodega.
Flaked trout, blood orange and fennel salad
Embrace the best of the season in this bright dish that partners ruby-red blood orange with flaked trout, mint and the crunch of fennel.
Phil Wood’s baked snapper with pistou
Need an easy fish dish for a dinner party? Laura’s head chef shows you how.
Gemfish in vermouth sauce
No gemfish? No problem. Any firm, white-fleshed fish – trevally, say – will work here.
Monique Fiso’s grilled fish with herb dressing
A whole fish, simply grilled, and served with a herb-packed sauce – there’s nothing better.
Giovanni Pilu’s trout with white wine and rosemary
The fast fish dinner you need.
Swordfish with agrodolce sauce
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for swordfish with agrodolce sauce.
Rainbow trout with almonds, bacon and green beans
A fish dish that’s made for the warmer months.
Saint Peter’s cured ocean trout, fennel crème fraîche and brioche toast
Saint Peter’s cured ocean trout, fennel creme fraiche and brioche toast- For brioche dough, combine yeast and milk in a small jug and stand in warm place until foamy.
The Summertown Aristologists’s whiting with seaweed butter
If you haven’t tried seaweed butter on fish, you must do.
Ricky & Pinky’s steamed snapper with coriander and ginger
At Melbourne’s Ricky & Pinky, their steamed snapper is served with a Shaoxing wine-based Chinese broth spooned over. It’s incredibly aromatic.
Baked golden trout with roe
While a baked whole trout looks impressive, it’s a pretty simple procedure. We’ve baked this one with an aromatic riesling and lemon rind to coax out fresh flavours.
Three Blue Ducks’ barbecued whole fish with lemongrass and lime leaves
This might just be the best way to cook a whole fish.
David Moyle’s John Dory with herb butter
“John Dory needs butter,” says David Moyle. We can get behind that.
Smoked ocean trout with beans, peas and mint
If you’re not smoking your own fish, you’re missing out.
Roast snapper with mandarin and fennel sauce
Roast snapper with mandarin and fennel sauce recipe – For the garlic mash, cover the potato in a large saucepan with plenty of cold salted water, bring to the boil and cook until tender (15-20 minutes).
Luca’s steamed trout with seaweed butter
At London restaurant Luca, Isaac McHale’s streamed trout is topped with a seaweed butter, reminiscent of his time at The Four In Hand bistro in Sydney’s Paddington.
Baked fish and clams
Recipe for baked fish and clams by Pete Evans.
Grilled salmon chops with asparagus and lemon relish
Emma Knowles recipe for grilled salmon chops with asparagus and lemon relish.
Danielle Alvarez’s slow-cooked ocean trout with peas, and Meyer lemon and fennel salsa
This recipe for slow-cooked ocean trout comes courtesy of chef Danielle Alvarez.
Snapper with corn salad, burnt butter and shredded nori
Leave your questions at the door: tender fish, juicy corn and crisp nori is an unlikely combination that somehow works.
Sugar and fennel-crusted kingfish
Brushed with a honey and mustard glaze, and topped with a golden crust, this could be your next dinner party scene-stealer.
Frank Camorra’s dorada al fondo con patatas (marinated whole snapper baked on potatoes and peppers)
The roast fish dinner that’s guaranteed to make a splash.
Roast ocean trout with cucumber and preserved lemon salad
Excellent served warm or cold, so you could cook the trout a day ahead and just whip up the salad before serving.
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