Category: Fish
Fish Recipes
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The Dr. was on call so I knew I had time to make dinner before he comes back from the hospital. I stopped by the Blue Moon fish stand at the farmers’ market on my way to work and bought a couple of swordfish steaks. I’ve been buying fish from them because they also give…
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I schlepped in the pouring rain to stop by the farmers market and order my turkey for Thanksgiving. After I put my name down for an 11-pound bird, I noticed the Blue Moon Fish tent. There were a few people standing in front waiting to be helped so I squeezed my way in to see…
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Simmering meats or fish for a long time is what Koreans call jjorim. Usually a soy sauce-based marinade is used to make jjorim stew. This is Nabi’s mother’s recipe but she’s adapted it to make a vegetarian version with tofu. I copied and used both fish and tofu and it turned out to be the…
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Adapted from The North Fork Table & Inn, Long Island, using wild striped bass Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound of cod fillet, slice into 3 steaks 3 stalks of celery, chopped a small fennel bulb, chopped 1/2 cup of piquillo olives, pitted, finely chopped red wine vinegar olive oil 1. In a skillet, let the celery…
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Ingredients: 1 tuna steak 1/4 cup sesame seeds 2 tomatoes, seeded and diced 1 garlic clove, crushed and finely chopped 1 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped 1 tbsp lime juice arugula or other mixed greens salt, pepper, olive oil 1. Cut tuna steak in thick chunks. Roll in sesame seeds to coat. Refrigerate until ready to…
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When I’m at Di Palo’s in New York City and they happen to have white anchovies in olive oil, I buy a small container of it and I make a separate trip to Dean and Deluca to pick up a jar of grape leaves. There was another time when I had anchovies but I could…
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I stole this recipe from Joe’s Ginger. Ingredients: 1 red snapper fillet 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 bunch fresh chives 2 sprigs of fresh thyme lime juice half a stick of butter salt, pepper 1. Using a skillet, sauté garlic and some of the chives in butter until soft. 2. When flavored butter is…
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Growing up in Manila, I grew up eating fish one way: fried. I liked making this dish a lot because it gave my parents a new way to eat cod. Ingredients: 2 skinless cod fillets half a stick of unsalted butter, melted for a few seconds in the microwave 6 slices of prosciutto For the…
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I bought a jar of Calypso tuna in olive oil during one of my visits to Di Palo in Little Italy. It is more expensive that the tuna-in-a-can that you see in the regular supermarket so I was curious to taste the difference. First of all, the olive oil that Calypso uses tastes good on…
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I had no clue why the Chinatown fish store I went to called the fish buttercups but I needed some type of flat fish to replicate the dish we ate while in Amsterdam. It was Michel’s birthday and he had invited his family to visit from the suburbs. We joined them and a few of…