I was recently told about baked ling in a bag from a Facebook group (Cooking meals for one) member who lives in Canberra. She mentioned that Woolworths sells fish with flavoured butters and baking bags as a package deal from the “fresh” fish counter. Apparently this has been going on for years. I’ve never seen it available in Coles.
Dedicated to Coles because I cheated on Coles by buying the ling in a bag from Woolworths
I sort of feel dirty cheating on Coles. I’ve been a loyal Coles customer since moving to Canberra in September 2007.
The thought of a cheaper cut of fish like baked ling made palatable was very attractive. I’ve tried ling before because it’s half the cost of salmon but found it tasteless.
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I bought all the ingredients (apart from the Ling in a bag) from Coles.
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Recipe
- Ling
- Lime chilli butter
- Green kale leaves
- Red kale leaves
- Cherry tomatoes
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Preheat the oven to 175 °C (350 °F).
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In a large mixing bowl toss in the kale leaves.
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Squirt in some Queensland nut oil (or other high vapour point cooking oil).
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Grind over some iodised salt and freshly cracked black pepper.
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Mix the kale sprouts, kale leaves, oil, salt, and pepper with your hands.
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Lay out the seasoned and oiled up greens onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
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Put the ling in the oven bag onto a separate baking sheet.
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Put both baking sheets into the preheated oven and cook for about 12 minutes.
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At the end of the cooking time, remove both baking sheets.
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Allow the ling to rest for a minute before opening the bag.
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Open the oven bag and remove the ling and put it onto a plate.
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Add the crispy kale leaves to the plate next to the fish.
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Spoon the melted flavoured butter over the fish.
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Halve some cherry tomatoes and add to the plate.
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Shoot a photograph and a short video because Google now wants video on recipe cards.
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Eat the meal.
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Wash the dishes (hint, wash as you cook, it makes life easier).
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Write the recipe.
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Write the blog post.
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Hit publish and hope this blog post gets shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Recipe Video
Disclaimer
I have no culinary training nor qualifications. This post is not intended to convey any health or medical advice. If you have any health concerns about anything you read, please contact your registered medical practitioner. The quantities are indicative. Feel free to vary the quantities to suit your taste. I deliberately do not calculate energy for dishes. I deliberately default to 500 Calories or 500,000 calories because I do not make these calculations.
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Ling in a bag 
Red and green kale 
Red and green kale 
Red and green kale 
Baked ling in a bag with crispy green and red kale plus cherry tomatoes
Questions and answers
Did the ling take on the seasoned butter flavours?
Yes, to a degree. I mean ling is a pretty bland fish. The ling tasted of lime and herbs so it was a win. A cheaper fish that I can have once a week and replace a meal which might be focussed on mammalian meat of some sort.
Is there a downside to this?
Unlike how I normally prepare salmon, there is some waste with the oven bag. Just baking bag-free ling or pan-frying ling would be a tasteless affair I thing.
Does this mean attending Woolworths each week?
I’m going to experiment by buying some flavoured butter and oven bags and seeing if I can get a similar result.
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Final thoughts
- Have you tried baked ling in a bag?
- Do you ever bake fish in an oven bag?
- Have you ever cheated on your regular supermarket?
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I like the sound of the baked fish, but I don’t feel the big two are orgs that need (or deserve) our loyalty – in other words, definitely no guilt for buying at Woolies! 😉
I’ve never baked fish in a bag before, but now I want to. It looks like it would hold the flavor in wonderfully. Thanks for the tip!
My pleasure. I also did it with salmon last night. Baked salmon in a bag with creamy red and sugarloaf cabbage.
Video at https://yummylummy.com/YT2019-09-23
I’ve never seen it and I shop at Woolworths. I guess I haven’t really looked in the right places. I find a lot of white fish quite mild tasting compared to salmon.
I wonder if it’s in all their shops. I’m going to try a piece of salmon and a standard oven bag and some butter this week for a comparison.
I use different shops, up to their offers and quality, of course.
I don’t know this kind of fish, but I never use a bag for making food. I prefer using a glass serving for the oven like Pyrex, where I might use a bit of butter in the bottom to avoid burning and then more easy to wash after too.
I’ve never been a big user of bags in ovens. I suppose some people like them because it makes oven cleaning easier.
I think, that you are right Gary, but environment friendly, they are not.
I have never tried ling, but I have baked fish in a bag before. Asda in the UK does something similar. As for cheating on my regular supermarket – all the time! Big shop in Aldi because it is cheap, but top ups from Asda, Morrison’s and Sainsbury’s. And when I want something special in the meat/fish/deli lines, Marks and Spencer.
So I shouldn’t feel bad for shopping elsewhere and trying something different? 😉