Tinned Fish Is Literally Everywhere—Here Are The Best Picks To Try Now

If you’ve been feeling inundated with cans upon cans of tinned fish lately, you’re not alone. Here are our favorite picks to try now.

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00:00Let me introduce you to tinned fish. It's sustainable, it's budget-friendly, and it's just fun to eat.

00:06Here are some of my favorite finds. Tuna rules the canned fish aisle, so instead of getting a water

00:10packed, get a fun, spicy, oil-packed one. Sardines are typically seen in conserva's culture in Spain

00:17and Portugal, served on top of bread with cheese as a tapa. Who wants to break down lobster? Don't

00:23worry about that shenanigans and just buy it in the tin. It's typically cheaper than if you were

00:27to buy the whole thing and break it down yourself. Anchovies, the classic, often seen on pizza and

00:32also used as the base of the sauce. Bacala or salted codfish, great in stews or tomato-based sauces,

00:39and it's found a lot along the Mediterranean, especially in Italy. What's fun about tinned

00:45razor clams is that it's hard to find them fresh, so tinned would be your best alternative. Fresh

00:50octopus is a lot of effort, so buy it in the tin and put it in a salad. Rainbow trout, very common

00:55fish in the States, really oily and rich, great for dips, and great in sandwiches. You don't

01:01want to worry about breaking down to bearding and picking through mussels. Buy them in the

01:05can and plop them in a gumbo or a stew. Really good, especially slow. If the packaging doesn't

01:12convince you to try tin fish, then I don't know what will.