Thursday, July 21, 2016

EZCR#65 - FRIED SALMON WITH FRAGRANT SAUCE

You don't have to cook Salmon the Western or Japanese style. This is an oriental style of cooking salmon. Fried salmon block that goes with an oriental flavour sauce. Tastes sourish, savoury and a little spicy from the chilli bean paste [dao ban jiang] which should suit the taste buds of many Chinese families.
It's a tasty dish to go with rice or porridge. 
Ingredients
1 large piece of salmon block - scaled and cleaned
1 tbsp each of chopped garlic, ginger and spring onions
1 large onion - peeled and chopped
some chopped carrots
Seasoning
1/4 tsp salt and sugar to taste
1 tbsp chilli bean paste [dao ban jiang] and wine
1 tsp sesame seed oil and vinegar
  1. Heat up a non stick pan with some oil, pan fry salmon until brown on both sides.  Push aside and saute garlic and ginger until aromatic.
  2. Add in onions and carrots, stir fry for awhile.  Add in salt, sugar, wine and bean paste.  Fry until aromatic, add in some water.  Bring to boil and braise fish for awhile.
  3. Before dishing up, add in sesame seed oil and vinegar to taste.
  4. Lastly toss in spring onions.  Dish up to serve immediately.

2 comments:

  1. Kimmy, I am thinking of stocking up on salmon. See how, if the price is OK then I will buy and try this recipe. It looks delicious!

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  2. Hi Phong Hong, it's a great idea to stock up on salmon if the price is reasonable. Sometimes the variance is quite substantial. I usually get them when I find the price worthy. There are various ways to serve salmon and I find them good.

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