Swai Fish with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

Swai Fish:

1 32 oz pack of Swai Fillets

Sea salt

black pepper

garlic powder

1 lemon

1 tablespoon of Mirin

1 tablespoon of olive oil

Tomato Sauce:

1/2 of scallion chopped

4 cloves of garlic chopped

1 can of stewed tomatoes

1 tablespon of Mirin or white wine

1/4 stick of butter

1 teaspoon of cumin

Sea salt and black pepper to taste

1/2 cup of chicken broth

Sauteed Spinach and Mushrooms:

2 bundles of fresh spinach (chop off the stems)

1/4 cup of Mirin

3/4 a small pack of mushrooms

4 cloves of garlic

olive oil

1/2 stick of butter

1/2 cup of chicken broth

sea salt and black pepper to taste

Preheat your oven 350 degrees. Squeeze juice from one lemon in a small cup and mix with olive oil and mirin. Drizzle on top of the fish. Season the top of the fish with the sea salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Bake for 20 minutes. Then change over the oven to Warm while you are getting the rest of the meal together.

*Use a non-stick pan

Next for the sauce in a small pot combine olive oil, Mirin, and chicken broth. Begin cooking the scallions and garlic. Brown them.

Next add the stewed tomatoes and begin crushing the larger ones up. Let the sauce simmer about 15 mins and stir occasionally. Add cumin, butter and salt and pepper to taste. Stir and once the butter has melted/mixed with the sauce turn down heat to low.

On medium heat, in a large wok saute first the chopped garlic in a little olive oil, Mirin, butter and chicken broth. Let them brown. Then add spinach and chopped mushrooms. Don’t stir it yet. Just let it cook down.

When the spinach gets soft then start stirring the vegetables. Add sea salt and pepper to taste. Make sure the veggies are evenly tossed in the juices to get the flavor distributed. Then allow it to simmer about 5 minutes more. Turn the heat down to low and now you can plate it.

Put a little sauce on a piece of fish or more lol. This is the finished meal.

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Smoked Sockeye Salmon Salad

Ingredients:

1 small pack of smoked sockeye salmon

Lettuce

Tomato

1/2 of Avocado

Capers

Cucumber

Black olives

*Lightly season on top with πŸ‘‡πŸ½

Olive oil

Red wine vinegar

Mirin

Sea salt

Black pepper

Garlic powder

And you’re done!

Fish Stew


So this was my first try at making a fish stew. Now I’ve heard rumors about it won’t be a good fish stew without having shellfish and the like in it. I feel that this is false. I think that you can actually make a very good fish stew without having unclean meats in it. I set out to prove my points. This time I decided to definitely bring out the big guns and by the big guns I mean spices that are just out of this world. They can seriously can turn a cup of poop into I don’t know a great mousse. Wait… What??

Wow… I just got the visual on that one but you get what I mean. LOL.

So I decided to let the food do the talking. Let’s get these fresh vegetables popping, a great meaty fish, and power spices like anise and cumin to have a unique flavor.

Ingredients:

32 ozs of Pacific whiting fillets sliced in 1 inch cubes

2 cans of chicken broth

Sea salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons of paprika

2 cans of stewed tomatoes

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 onion chopped

1 leek sliced

2 bay leaves

8 cloves of garlic chopped

8 red potatoes chopped 1 inch cubes

1 green pepper chopped

3 star anise

1 jalapeΓ±o sliced

2 packs of Goya Sazon

Water 3/4 filled in a stock pot

Now one of the best things about this recipe is the fact that once you throw everything in the pot you are pretty much done!! Go have a glass of wine and sit down some where. The most work of this recipe is honestly just the prepping and chopping the vegetables and fish. You set the heat on medium-high. Combine all the ingredients in a stock pot and then let it cook for about an hour and a half. As the meal is cooking make sure to taste it! You may make some adjustments adding a little more. I tasted and stirred periodically. Just added a little salt and pepper while I was watching Netflix. πŸ˜‚

Warning:

*** DO NOT remove the skin or you will have shredded pieces of fish all throughout the stew. ***

FYI: Goya is my freaking favorite. I would have added fresh cilantro but I ran out. Sorry didn’t feel like driving back out. 🀷🏽

Salmon… and what that mystery herb Tarragon in the cabinet is for??

Salmon naturally tastes good. It’s a super easy fish to work with in the kitchen. It looks all fancy LOL but don’t let that intimidate you. You can easily plate and make this extra special if you want to.

Or have a nice healthy meal and look expert if somebody happens to drop by. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ I know it sounds terrible but really it’s not LOL. I start with 2 lb of salmon. That’s usually enough to feed my family which is 4 people. Typically there’s some left over. I seasoned super simple but it’s going to turn out fabulous. I used garlic, olive oil, garlic, tarragon, rosemary, black pepper and sea salt. Just rub a nice light coat of olive oil on your fish. Then lightly season. Very simple. I typically bake mine for 30 minutes max at a Preheated 350 degrees. I check it after 20 minutes to make sure that is still fluffy and not burned. Today it was 25 mins till done.

About Tarragon…

Now tarragon is a random herb that appears in cabinets. So super random it doesn’t get used. I have passed over it many times, I can’t even lie. Lol. And then finally I had to question okay well what can I do with this herb anyway??? Well it goes good with chicken and fish to start!! It’s similar to the taste of anise. Lightly though… Now what’s pretty cool is it improves in the body when eaten. I provided a link that sums up some things. It’s great for your cardiovascular and digestion. So smile when you eat this… #guiltfree!!

https://thefreerangelife.com/benefits-of-tarragon/

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