Posts Tagged tilapia

Shredded leek delight

December 3, 2011 at 5:45 am · Filed under fish ·Tagged ,

The original recipe that inspired this dish called for chicken, but Yusuke used tilapia instead, that versatile and cheap! fish.

He steamed the tilapia in white wine to enhance its subtle flavour.

The fish was dressed with fresh leeks: the white parts were eaten raw. He was afraid that the green bits would be tough, so he boiled the pieces briefly, for less than one minute. The shredded leeks were mixed with sesame oil and sea salt. Once the leeks were arranged on the fish, we added a sprinkling of shichimi powder.

We ate the dish by itself with rice on the side, but it would also be lovely on top of ramen.

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Soy milk nabe

November 19, 2010 at 11:10 pm · Filed under fish, stew ·Tagged , , , , , ,

Warming fall food.

Ingredients for soup

  • 1.5 cups of unsweetened soy milk
  • 2 cups of water
  • Chicken powdered bouillon
  • Salt (a pinch)

Bring all to a simmer (NOT boiling!).

Then add:

  • Chopped napa
  • Sliced leeks
  • Baby carrots
  • Cubes of firm tofu
  • Chunks of tilapia (defrosted, first, in our case)
  • Mushrooms would also be a possibility if you have some on hand

Serve piping hot with a sprinkling of shichimi or pepper for an added kick. Don’t forget the rice on the side!

If you have a nabe pot in which this can be made: I’m jealous!

Some notes about nabe from a previous post (and see also this one):

Nabe (short for nabemono) is central to Japanese culture and cuisine. It is essentially a hot pot dish, cooked on the dining table, in which all different types of meat, seafood, and veggies are boiled in a special broth. Everyone is served out of the communal pot on the table, so it brings a warmth and closeness when shared among family and friends. Chankonabe is special, extra-hearty nabe that is a staple in sumo wrestlers’ training diets…which is what we had in Ginza [two years ago]: a million different types of mushrooms (yay!), along with some kind of meat, napa, onions, eggs, tofu, noodles, and some other stuff that I can’t remember. At the lovely home of a friend, we had nabe chock full of succulent oysters (sooo fabulously juicy and briny), white fish, mushrooms, carrots, napa, and and other veggies. Click to see other people’s nabe pics on Google images and a nice one on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/upon/2314309029/

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