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Blue Cod / Rāwaru — South Island Classic

NZ Seafood

Overview

Blue cod (Parapercis colias, rāwaru) is the South Islandʻs most popular eating fish — particularly in Southland, Stewart Island, and the Marlborough Sounds. Firm, white, sweet flesh. The classic Kiwi fish-and-chips fish in the South Island (replacing snapper, which dominates the North Island). Blue cod is the fish Garth would have eaten in Queenstown.

Key Principles

1. Blue cod panfried in butter with a squeeze of lemon. The simplest expression.

Pro Tips

Blue cod panfried in butter with a squeeze of lemon. The simplest expression.

Source

Pacific Migration Trail

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Parapercis colias

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