How to cook yabbies - Narrabri Fish Farm

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How to cook yabbies
Yabbies should be cooked or frozen as soon as pos­
sible as their flesh deteriorates rapidly. The most com­
mon way to cook them is to boil them in water. Yabbies
become active as the temperature rises and become
slow and sluggish as the temperature drops. For ease of
handling and cooking, it is advisable to place yabbies
in ice water or put them in the freezer to sloW them
down before cooking.
to restock rivers, and to farmers for their dams so they can
fish them themselves.
The yabbies are proving popular in the district, with thou­
sands of yabbies sold for bait in the last 12 months.
"When we get going, we could sell 2-3 tonnes of yabbies
a year," Rick said.
Cooking them though is where you can get really creative.
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"There's a heap of different ways you can cook t r ·
You can do them in any sort of prawn dish, curries an d 1" =
dish or put them on the barbie with a bit of garlic. A 10, - ~
people like them like that," Rick said.
"I prefer to boil them because I like the natural taste : '
them, but any way you can cook a prawn, you can CUi:'
a yabby.
The fish farm is branching out into tourism and is begi '­
ning to offer visitor facilities at their property along Tuppia ~
Road, 5kms from Narrabri.
Families or keen anglers are able to come and fish for
mature fish in some of their dams, cook them up on the
barbecue and in the future, camp overnight.
Rick said the fishing will appeal to families and the fish
of course make good eating.
"Fish have the best Omega 3. It's really good for you."
His wife Sharmaine says her preference at the farm is
catfish.
"Rick beer batters them and deep fries them. They're
beautiful," she said.
which are sold to farmers ta stock their dams and as bait. Yabbies make good eating with their sweet meat and succulent
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