Today's Case:
Fried Garfish
Re: fried Gar fish
From: Juanita
To: Phaedrus
Date: 5/24/2025, 3:41 PM
On 5/24/2025 12:50 PM, Juanita wrote:
I love to know where I can purchase gar fish in or near Phila Pa.
Thanks.
Hello Juanita,
Sorry, gar fish or garfish does not appear to be commercially available anywhere in the United States. I did a thorough search today. It may not be legal to sell garfish commercially in the US. The only garfish I found for sale was on Amazon, and it was cans of small strips pickled in olive oil like sardines.
If garfish is sold anywhere in the US, I'd say Southern Louisiana would be the most likely place. I have eaten fried garfish, but it came from Louisiana and it wasn't bought, it was caught.
I can't tell you where to get the fish, but I can give you recipes. See these sites:
Roots Game and Trail
Sydney Fish Market
SBS
Phaed
Gar Balls
3 lbs. gar-cut into strips
3 lbs. potatoes, boiled, drain and set aside
3 onions
1 egg
Black and red pepper
Salt to taste
Oil (enough to fry in)
Cook gar until half done (about 10 minutes). Drain. Grind gar and onions together.
Put into large pan. Mix potatoes and egg and salt and peppers into gar. Mix well.
Roll into small balls. Roll balls in flour. Fry in hot oil until brown.
