A Wild Combo Box from Wild Alaskan Company contains flash-frozen portions of Sockeye Salmon, Coho Salmon, Pacific Halibut, Pacific Cod, Rockfish, and Wild Alaska Pollock harvested from responsibly-managed fisheries in Alaska. With this variety of fish in your kitchen, you’ll be able to enjoy an exciting array of home-cooked meals, whether you’re in the mood for something mild or craving something bold.

While different types of fish can be interchangeable in certain recipes, each species included in the WAC WIld Combo Box has delicious nuances in flavor and texture that are best complemented by different preparations.

WAC’s cooking guides include step-by-step guidance on timing and techniques that will help you master essential cooking methods, whether you’re baking, broiling, or pan-frying fish.

Best Ways to Cook Wild Salmon

Both sockeye and coho salmon are rich in flavor, incredibly flaky, and naturally leaner than farmed Atlantic salmon. These prized qualities may require you to make minor adjustments to how you cook salmon, as the cook time for wild species and recommended doneness are slightly different than what you’re accustomed to.

How to Bake Wild Salmon

how to bake wild salmon Baking is a hands-off way to cook, so it’s a great place to start if you’re new to cooking wild salmon. An essential skill to master for sheet pan meals or for meal prepping, baking is also one of the most versatile cooking methods — you can pair the fillets with a side of vegetables, or bake them and flake them over toast, a salad, or rice.

How to Broil Wild Salmon

One of the quickest, simplest ways to prepare sockeye or coho salmon is to put it under the broiler. After about 5 minutes, a perfectly broiled piece of salmon will have picked up some color but will be delicately flaky through the fillet. This method is great for salmon marinated in a sauce or sugar rub, as the marinade will quickly transform under high heat.

How to Pan-Fry Wild Salmon

how to pan-fry wild salmon Pan-frying wild salmon is a great way to bring out the beautiful contrast in texture that skin-on fillets have to offer. A masterful sear transforms the skin into a crisp, golden layer, leaving the rest of the fillet tender and flaky — a quick but show-stopping way to serve this fish for a weeknight meal.

How to Bake Salmon From Frozen

This freezer-to-table cooking method works best with tail cuts of wild-caught salmon, which will bake from frozen quicker and more evenly than center-cut portions. Save this technique for recipes that are prepared with a sauce or topping, as these will help the salmon retain moisture and flakiness as it cooks.

How to Pan-Fry Salmon From Frozen

One of the best parts of this cooking method is that it’s incredibly fast: a fillet of wild salmon can go from frozen to perfectly seared in about 15 minutes, crispy skin and all. Knowing how to pan-fry salmon from frozen can keep wild-caught seafood on your dinner menu throughout the week, even when you forget to plan ahead or don’t have time to thaw your fish.

Best Ways to Cook Pacific Halibut

Pacific halibut is a world-renowned fish with a mild and subtly sweet taste, taking on a robustly meaty texture when cooked. Cooking Pacific Halibut requires some delicacy, though — it’s essential to keep a watchful eye on this species as it cooks to bring out its hearty flakiness.

How to Pan-Fry Pacific Halibut

In a sizzling hot pan, pan-fried Pacific halibut only takes 6 to 8 minutes to cook. It’s an easy preparation that can be enjoyed with some simple seasonings or dressed up with a sauce to finish. Alongside a salad or roasted vegetable, pan-fried halibut makes for a simple and hearty meal.

How to Bake Pacific Halibut

It takes less than 10 minutes to bake a perfectly flaky fillet of Pacific halibut. This hands off approach can make for a wonderful one-pan meal — try baking quick-cooking vegetables alongside the Pacific halibut as it cooks.

How to Broil Pacific Halibut

Broiling Pacific halibut is a quick and easy way to prepare this fish that works especially well if you’ve prepared it with a sauce, rub, or marinade. It’s crucial, though, to keep an eye on the doneness of the fish — a minute too long could be the difference between a flaky or tough fillet of Pacific Halibut.

Best Ways to Cook Pacific Cod

Pacific cod is a mild white fish that can be used in a variety of preparations. Pacific cod is flaky when cooked, but maintains a slightly bouncy texture that gives it a pleasant chew — a substantial protein to use in tacos, casseroles, and stews, or even on its own as a blank canvas for sauces. Keeping an eye on its doneness is important, as it loses its flakiness when overcooked.

How to Bake Pacific Cod

Baking Pacific cod is an easy way to prepare it as a blank canvas for sauces or textured toppings like seasoned panko breadcrumbs. In under 10 minutes, the oven can transform Pacific cod into a simple yet flavorful meal.

How to Pan-Fry Pacific Cod

Pan-frying Pacific cod encrusts the fillet in a golden sear, enhancing the texture of this mild white fish. Taking less than 10 minutes to prepare, it becomes the star of quick, healthy meals.

How to Broil Pacific Cod

Broiling is the quickest way to enjoy the mild flavor and flaky texture of Pacific cod. With a good marinade or spice rub, broiling is a great weeknight approach to cooking, helping you to effortlessly create new favorite dishes in a cinch.

Best Ways to Cook Rockfish

Rockfish is a flavorful white fish whose robust taste pairs exceptionally well with bold ingredients. Despite being incredibly flaky, its firm texture holds together well over a variety of cooking methods. It’s also one of the easiest species of white fish to cook — because it’s hard to overcook!

How to Pan-Fry Rockfish

A crispy sear complements the bold flavor of rockfish. Because of the way rockfish are portioned, it only takes a few minutes to pan-fry the fillets into golden cuts of fish.

Mastering Breaded Rockfish

In under 10 minutes, this robust white fish can be breaded and pan-fried into a golden-brown treat, perfect for layering onto a sandwich, or served simply with a salad. It’s a great option for a satisfying seafood meal that you’ll return to again and again.

How to Bake Rockfish

Baking rockfish is a cooking method that can be used to enhance the bold flavor of this species, as it gives ample time for the fillets to meld with sauces and seasonings as it cooks. After 10 to 12 minutes in the oven, rockfish becomes a flavor-packed star of any dish you make.

Best Ways to Cook Wild Alaska Pollock

Wild Alaska Pollock comes portioned as ready-to-cook “Quick Cuts,” prepped into bite-sized pieces that can be used in chowders, stir-fries, fish tacos — or simply breaded and pan-fried as fish nuggets. Mild and incredibly flaky, Wild Alaska Pollock is adaptable to a wide variety of flavors and textures in everyday recipes.

Mastering Pan-Fried Wild Alaska Pollock Quick Cuts

With a dusting in cornstarch or flour, a quick fry in the pan will transform Wild Alaska Pollock Quick Cuts into poppable, hearty snacks, or a protein that you can mix into a stir-fry or pasta.

Using Frozen Wild Alaska Pollock Quick Cuts in Soups

When making a hot pot of soup, you don’t need to defrost a pack of Wild Alaska Pollock Quick Cuts to cook with it. Wild Alaska Pollock Quick Cuts can actually be cooked from frozen in under 10 minutes, making it an effortless addition to chowders and stews any day of the week.