Laap pla duk, a Thai catfish salad, is the inspiration for this flavor-packed dish of flaked bluefish fillets tossed with fish sauce, lime juice, spicy red Thai chiles, and fresh mint and cilantro.

Oily, mean, and gluttonous. If ever a so-called “animated chopping machine” needed some good PR, it would be the bluefish. Sportsmen love them because they put up a good fight, but because of their ...