# What can I do with (frozen) fish stock?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-frozen-fish-stock/627956 "2012-07-12T02:07:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-frozen-fish-stock/627956/1 "2012-07-12T02:07:42Z")

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I have a tub or two of fish stock in the freezer from when I made a halibut dish a while back. It smells really fishy. What can I make with it? And what’s the best way to defrost it?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-frozen-fish-stock/627956/2 "2012-07-12T02:26:41Z")

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I’ve never messed with homemade stock, fish or otherwise, although I do have a bunch of chicken bones in the freezer. I have heard that fish stock might be good for seafood risotto.

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-frozen-fish-stock/627956/3 "2012-07-12T04:50:59Z")

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A fish soup seems the obvious choice - chowder, bouillabaisse, cioppino, maybe an Asian preparation, etc…for efficiency’s sake I’d probably defrost in the microwave when I intended to use it.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-frozen-fish-stock/627956/4 "2012-07-12T05:19:33Z")

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Coippino would be my choice. When done properly it’s a big steamy bowl of seafood heaven.