Salt-Crusted Black Sea Bass Escabeche

Black sea bass is known for its delicate flavor and tender, succulent meat. In the United States, it’s fished sustainably from Massachusetts to the Gulf Coast of Florida using responsible catch methods, including rod and reel, longline, and handline. If you can’t get your hands on a black sea bass, striped sea bass, snapper, or rockfish is an excellent substitute.

Salt-baking whole fish as we do here is inspired by a technique developed by Spanish fishermen, with origins and influen