Pan Fried Salmon With Creamy Leek Butter Sauce

Hello,

There was a time when the price of fresh salmon in the market quite a bit cheaper than the usual price because salmon is typically much more expensive especially here. Talk about fresh salmon, my favourite way of preparing salmon fillet are either baked, pan fried or grilled.

Creamy leek butter sauce go really well with salmon, that's our personal preference. This buttery leek sauce is sure became our favourite because it tastes really good with grilled or pan fried salmon.

PAN FRIED SALMON WITH CREAMY LEEK BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients:

2 large salmon fillets or 4 small fillets
Salt, pepper and dried or fresh thyme
1 small leek, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2-3 tablespoon butter
200ml heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Generously season the salmon fillets with salt, pepper and thyme.
- Put little oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat, add the salmon fillets and fry for a few minutes on both sides until crisp.
- For the sauce, melt butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat and fry garlic until fragrant.
- Add leeks, simmer and stirring occasionally for a few minutes until they are soft.
- Add cream and season with salt and pepper.
- Simmer until the sauce slightly reduced, about 2-3 minutes.
- Serve with rice, vegetables or potatoes.

Bon appétit!

Stir Fried Fish Ginger

Bonjour,

We're seafood lovers here and we have this stir fried fish ginger a few times a month. Served this fish ginger with hot rice, I'm sure that someone will ask for another bowl of rice because it's delicious.

I prefer when the fish fillet a bit crispy but it's totally depend on an individual preference because everyone has different tastes.

STIR FRIED FISH GINGER

Ingredients;

250g fish fillet, any fish
2 tablespoons corn flour
1 leek/spring onion, clean and sliced
1 small onion, sliced
1 cloves garlic, chopped
4cm fresh ginger, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon corn flour, dissolved with little bit of water
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Season the fish fillet with salt and pepper, dust lightly with corn flour.
- Heat up some oil in a wok or frying pan and fried fish fillet until golden brown and slightly crispy. Set aside.
- Heat up little oil in a frying pan and fry garlic and ginger until fragrant.
- Add leeks and onion, oyster sauce, soy sauce and season with salt and pepper, fry for 1-2 minutes. Add a little more water if needed.
- Add corn flour paste and fried fish fillet, quickly stir fry in high heat and dish up.

Bon appétit!

Steamed Fish

Hello,

Steamed fish is one of the classic Chinese dish, often served at the weddings and other festive occasions. Most of the Chinese seafood restaurant in Asia also served steamed whole fish with soy sauce with ginger. We used to order steamed fish when we go to Chinese restaurant with a large group of friend and family.

It's not easy to find Chinese seafood restaurant here in where we live unless we go to the big city and the price quite expensive. So cooking steamed fish at home is the solution, easier and cheaper. For this time, I used fillets instead of whole fish.

STEAMED FISH

Ingredients;

250g fish fillets
3cm fresh ginger, finely julienne
A handful of shredded scallion
1/4 cup light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons oil

METHOD;

- Mix soy sauce and sugar, set aside.
- Place fish fillets onto a plate and steam the fish for 10 minutes.
- Transfer the steamed fish in another plate and top with scallion.
- In a small pan, heat oil until hot, add ginger and soy sauce. Heat until bubbles up and boils and spoon hot oil over the fish.

Bon appétit!

Grilled Salmon With Creamy Leek Sauce

Bonsoir,

When I was working in the hotel industry long time ago, one thing that I remember most was all about cooking and recipes from our chefs. In fact, most of the skills I learned while working in hospitality was really useful and now I can choose to use those skills when I need them in my daily life.

I remember one of the recipe that our chef had in the menu was salmon with creamy leek sauce. It was a simple recipe and easy to remember too but the taste was so damn delicious. With only few basic ingredients and less than 30 minute, we have a fancy great dinner at home. We even refill for another bowl of rice because the food was so so good.

GRILLED SALMON WITH CREAMY LEEK SAUCE

Ingredients;

2 salmon fillets
1 medium leek, washed and thinly sliced
2-3 tablespoons butter
200ml cream
2 cloves garlic, chopped
Dried dill
Salt and pepper
Olive oil

METHOD;

- Rub the salmon fillet with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and dried dill.
- Preheat the grill pan and pour a little olive oil.
- Grill salmon over high heat for 2-4 minutes on both side or until salmon are cooked.
- For the sauce, melt butter in a medium sauce pan and fry garlic until fragrant.
- Add leeks, simmer and stirring occasionally until the leeks are slightly softened.
- Add cream and simmer for a couple of minutes, season with salt and pepper.

Bon appétit!

Fried Fish With Mango Salad

Sawadikha...

Mangoes are quiet cheap during summer season and it's a time for me to buy two or three mangoes once or twice a week. I tried to make the most of the mango season before it's over or getting expensive again. I love mango, any kind of mangoes, I just love it. Raw or ripe mango, there's always something we can do with it.

Last night I've made Thai style fried fish with mango salad, it was so good and it reminds me of the authentic taste of mango fish that I had in Thailand long time ago.

FRIED FISH WITH MANGO SALAD

Ingredients;

200g fish fillet
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1/2 mango, shredded
1 shallot, sliced
1-2 red chilies, chopped
2-3 tablespoons palm sugar
2-3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 lime juice

METHOD;

- Mix together all flours and season with salt and pepper.
- Divided the flour mixture in half and mix one of them with cold water to make a smooth batter.
- Heat up oil in a wok or saucepan for deep frying.
- Dip fish fillet in the batter, then place in the flour mixture, turn to coat.
- Fry fish until lightly brown, drain on paper towels.
- In a small bowl, mix together palm sugar, fish sauce and lime juice.
- Add shredded mango and chili, stir thoroughly until everything is mixed together.
- Pour salad over the fried fish and serve.

Enjoy the Thai style mango fish!

Fish In Coconut Milk

Bonsoir,

I've been thinking about cooking fish with coconut milk recently and have made it this afternoon for my dinner. Finally get my craving satisfied! It was such a good meal because it's been a while since I've had a fish cooked in coconut milk. We've recently started eating pretty clean with less fat and more to grill or baked fish but once in a while, there's no harm, right?

I used mackerel every time I cook something with gravy or fried but for this recipe, any firm fish will do.

FISH IN COCONUT MILK

Ingredients;

1 large mackerel, cut into few pieces
200ml coconut milk
1 shallot
2 cloves garlic
1 big green chili
1 small red chili
1cm ginger
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Coarsely pound or blend shallot, garlic, chilies, ginger and turmeric powder.
- Heat little oil in a sauce pan and fry shallot garlic paste until fragrant.
- Add the fish and coconut milk, bring to a boil for a couple of minutes, stir occasionally.
- Season with salt and pepper and cook until fish is tender.

Bon appétit!

Sweet And Sour Fish

Bonjour,

We had a sweet and sour fish for dinner last few days and it was so good, easy to prepare and delicious. I don't make this sweet and sour fish often, but once in awhile I would cook these kind of dish for our dinner, just like the popular dishes in a Chinese restaurant. Homemade sweet and sour fish, we can even make it at home much better, much cheaper and even delicious than a restaurant one.

Let's cook this sweet and sour fish at home and see how much we enjoy the homemade food. Its totally delicious and forget about the restaurant dishes for a while.

SWEET AND SOUR FISH

Ingredients;

200g fish fillet, thinly sliced
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup cornflour
2 tablespoons tomato sauce/ketchup
1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2-3 tablespoons water
Sugar and salt to taste
1 cloves garlic, chopped
Any vegetables of your choice (green pepper, onion, cucumber etc)

METHOD;

- Clean the fish and dry on paper towels. Dip fish in the beaten egg and coat again in a cornflour to fully coated, set aside.
- Combine tomato sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, water and salt and sugar, set aside.
- Heat up oil in a wok or saucepan for deep frying.
- Fry coated fish until golden brown, set aside.
- Pour out some oil and just leaving a few tablespoons and fry garlic until fragrant.
- Add all diced vegetables and fry for a minutes.
- Add in the sauce and let simmer for another couple of minutes.
- To thicken the sauce, pour some cornflour mixture, stir well and add fried fish.
- Quickly fry for a few second to coat the fish with the sauce, turn of the heat and dish out.

Bon appétit!

Baked Salmon With Creamy Garlic Butter Sauce

Bonsoir,

For the past few months, I've decided not to baked or cooked as much as I did before. I love cooking and baking, it will always be my passion but I'm not baking as often at the moment. We have decide to start eating healthy foods whenever we are at home or at least we tried to avoid or reduce the amounts of foods that we eat. We still enjoy our meal because it is important to eat a variety of food, there is no single food that provides us with all the nutrients we need, so eating well is the answer.

This baked salmon with creamy garlic butter sauce is one of our simple dinner meal that I made tonight. We ordered the similar meal in the restaurant last month during my mother-in-law birthday celebration and the meals that we had inspired me, so tonight I make this simple recipe and it turned out really good despite it is easy and tasty.

BAKED SALMON WITH CREAMY GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients;

2 salmon fillets
Salt, pepper, thyme and a tablespoon of olive oil to season
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon cornstarch, mix with 1 tablespoon of milk
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Place the salmon fillets in a baking pan and season with salt, pepper, thyme and olive oil.
- Bake at 200° for 25 minutes or until the salmon cook through.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan and add in garlic and fry until fragrant and brown.
- Add cream and milk and simmer for a couple of minutes over medium heat.
- Season with salt and pepper then pour the cornstarch into the sauce and stir until the sauce slightly thickened.
- Serve with steamed vegetables and pour the sauce over the baked salmon.

Bon appétit!

Masala Fried Fish

Namaste,

Unlike Chinese cuisine, Indian cuisine used a variety of aromatic spices. Many dishes are spicy in Indian food but still, certain food are not fiery hot and after all, everything is depends on the individual preferences, but personally, I prefer the spicy food though. Spicy and tasty, just the way I like it!

Diwali or Deepavali is approaching us and we are few days away from the celebrations which falls on October 19. I would posts more Indian food this month and at the same time we are planning for a small Indian dinner with friends next weekend. For now, let's have a look at this easy-peasy recipe of masala fried fish.

MASALA FRIED FISH

Ingredients;

2-3 mackerels
1 teaspoon masala powder
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon ginger garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 lemon juice

METHOD;

- Mix the masala, chilli, ginger, turmeric powder and lemon juice.
- Marinate the fish in masala paste for 1 hour before frying.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry marinated fish until cooked through and brown on the both side.

Bon appétit!

Indian Red Fish Curry

Namaste,

Red fish curry with rice and Indian crackers, what a good food! When it comes to fish curry, I like my curry quite spicy and sour. I have made Indian style fish curry many times even some recipe are slightly different with others but the basic ingredients still the same.

I tend to cook these red fish curry long time ago and when I saw a big mackerel in supermarket, I bought one and make Indian red fish curry with it. In this recipe, I used asam gelugur that I brought from my hometown or it also called garcinia atroviridis. If asam gelugur is not available, it can substitute with tamarind paste.

INDIAN RED FISH CURRY

Ingredients;

1-2 mackerel or any kind of fish, cleaned and sliced
2 shallots, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 clove garlic, sliced
2cm ginger, sliced
1 green or red chilli
2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
4 pieces 'asam gelugur' (garcinia atroviridis)
A cup of water

METHOD;

- In a blender, blend tomato, garlic, ginger, green chilli, chili powder and turmeric powder into fine paste. Set aside.
- Heat some oil in a saucepan and fry shallot until fragrant.
- Add the paste, asam gelugur and a cup of water and bring to boil, stirring occasionally.
- Add fish and season with salt and pepper.
- Stirring gently to coat the fish with sauce and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until the fish are cook and the sauce are slightly thickened.
- Serve with rice and Indian crackers.

Bon appétit!

Stir Fried Fish Fillet With Ginger And Leek

Bonjour,

Fish ginger is one of our favourite dish for dinner. One single dish is enough for us because there are fish and vegetable together without to cook any other side dishes. Fresh ginger bring out a special flavour and we love to eat a lot of ginger specially when it cooked with fish.

I've made this fish ginger with leeks many times and I found that the combination of the fish and leeks was really good. In fact, fish, ginger and leeks are perfect combo created such a great dish.

STIR FRIED FISH FILLET WITH GINGER AND LEEKS

Ingredients;

250g fish fillet, any fish
1 tablespoon corn flour
1 leek, clean and thinly sliced
1 cloves garlic, chopped
4cm fresh ginger, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon corn flour, dissolved with 4 tablespoon water
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Season the fish fillet with salt and pepper, dust lightly with 1 tablespoon corn flour.
- Heat up some oil in a wok or saucepan and fried fish fillet until golden brown and slightly crispy. Set aside.
- Heat up little oil in a saucepan and fry garlic and ginger until fragrant.
- Add leeks and fry for a minute. Add more water if needed.
- Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt and pepper and the corn flour paste, cook for a few seconds.
- Add in fried fish fillet and quickly stir fry in high heat and dish up.

Bon appétit!

Fried Fish with Three Flavoured Sauce

Bonjour,

Asian food, just thinking and picturing the savory and aromatic taste of some Asian food makes me drool. How I miss all the food that my mom used to cook at home. From fish, local vegetables and even a simple fried rice, everything just make my mouth water.

Ikan masak tiga rasa or fried fish cooked with three flavoured sauce has a three flavour, sweet, sour and spicy. Only one dish meal enough for dinner with fish and vegetables comes together, simple yet very satisfying.

FRIED FISH WITH THREE FLAVOURED SAUCE

Ingredients;

2 mackerel or any kind of fish
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 shallot, chopped
1cm ginger, thinly sliced
1 lemongrass, thinly sliced
1 green or red chilli, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 carrot, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
2-3 tablespoons ketchup
2-3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
1-2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1-2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon corn flour, dissolved with 1/4 cup water

METHOD;

- Clean the fish, season with salt and fry the fish until golden brown and cooked through. Set aside.
- Heat up little oil in a saucepan  and fry garlic, shallot, ginger and lemongrass until fragrant.
- Add chilli, onion, carrot and add a little water if necessary. Cook and simmer for a few minutes.
- Add in tomatoes and all the sauces and let the sauce boil for a minute.
- Add cornflour mixture to thicken and season with salt.
- Simmer for another minute and pour the sauce over the fried fish.

Enjoy the fish with rice!

Ikan Masak Lemak

Bonjour,

It has been quite a long time since I've eaten ikan masak lemak or fish cooked in spicy coconut milk and recently I've been cooking ikan masak lemak by using mackerel fish. Malay cuisine or Malay style cooking sometime used lots of coconut milk, spices and chillies. Different country has a different way to cooked using a different methods.

It's good to have this kind of food once in a while with or without chillies, it still tastes great. For this ikan masak lemak Malay style, some people like the thick gravy and that's really depend on the individual preference.

IKAN MASAK LEMAK

Ingredients;

2 mackerel or any fish
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
A pinch of salt
# Marinade the fish with turmeric and salt for 20 minutes.
3 shallot
2 cloves garlic
5-10 small chillies, optional
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder or fresh
1 lemongrass, smash
1-1 1/2 cup coconut milk
Salt and sugar

METHOD;

- Heat up oil in a saucepan and fry marinated mackerel until the fish cooked. Set aside.
- Using a blender or mortar, blend together shallot, garlic, chillies and turmeric into a fine paste.
- In a medium saucepan, mix the blended paste, lemongrass, and coconut milk, bring to boil for a few minutes or until the sauce slightly thickens.
- Add fish, season with salt or sugar to balance the taste and let it boil for another minutes.

Bon appétit!

Asam Pedas Ikan

Hello,

Ikan asam pedas or sour spicy fish most well known in west Malaysia and I'm pretty sure every housewife in Malaysia know how to cook this dish. We can find asam pedas dish almost at any food stall or restaurant in most of the state in Peninsula Malaysia.

I cooked asam pedas mackerel for dinner last weekend, mon mari really enjoyed the dish. The next day for lunch, I reheated the asam pedas gravy with little bit more of tamarind juice and pour the gravy over rice noodles with some condiments of it. According to mon mari, the noodles with asam pedas gravy was exceptional with lots of cucumer and extra lime juice and the most important thing is, the gravy was just nice and not too much spicy.

ASAM PEDAS MACKEREL

Ingredients;

2 mackerel or any kind of fish
6-8 ladies finger (okra)
1 tomato, wedges (I used cherry tomatoes)
2 spring daun kesum (laksa leaf/Vietnamese mint/praew leaf)
1 tablespoon tamarind paste (mix with 1 cup of water)
Oil
Salt and sugar to taste

Spice paste:

4 shallot, sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
5-10 dry chillies, soak in hot water
1 lemongrass, use white part only, sliced
1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

METHOD;

- Blend all spice paste ingredient and set aside.
- Heat some oil in a saucepan and fry spice paste until fragrant.
- Add the tamarind juice, ladies finger and daun kesum. Bring to a boil for a few minutes.
- Add the fish and tonatoes. Season with salt and sugar. Simmer on a medium heat until fish is cooked.
- Serve with rice or pour the gravy over noodles.

Bon appetite!

Fish in Spicy Soy Sauce

Hello,

I've not been eating mackerel for a couple of months now. Perhaps I'm missing something, so last few days, I bought some fresh mackerel and I ate it alone. I just fried them, eat with spicy tamarind sauce and it happen I have some leftover fried mackerel and for the second round, I cooked them with some sauce.

Fish in spicy soy sauce or we called it ikan masak kicap pedas is a Malaysian style fried fish cooked in spicy soy sauce but for those who dont't eat spicy, just skip the chilli, as simple as that. For the certain food like this, fish, prawns or vegetables with gravy and so forth, they are nothing more than of individual preference, no rules. We can choose to add in more or less seasoning and sauce depend on our preference.

FISH IN SPICY SOY SAUCE

Ingredients;

1-2 mackerel or any kind of fish
1 onion, sliced
4 shallot, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2cm ginger, chopped
5-6 dry chilli, soak in hot water/ or fresh chilli
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 cup tamarind juice
2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
Salt, sugar and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Prepare the fish, rub with turmeric powder and salt, then fried. Set aside.
- Blend together shallot, garlic, ginger and chilli, set aside.
- Heat up little oil in a saucepan and fry blended shallot until fragrant.
- Add coriander and cumin powder and cook for few minutes.
- Add the slice onion, tamarind juice, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce and let the sauce thicken a bit.
- Lastly add fried fish and season with salt, sugar and pepper if needed.

English-Style Fish and Chips

Hello,

I haven't eaten a real English fish and chips for almost a year now. But, recently I do made fish and chip at home like real English style fish and chips that we had in England last year. I supposed the tastes even better than a restaurant as mon mari said it was the best fish and chips he's ever had.

It's a big compliment for me and I'm so happy he like it. So, this the simple yet delicious English-style fish and chips recipe.

ENGLISH-STYLE FISH AND CHIPS

Ingredients:

200g fish fillet, cod or white fish
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-11/2 cups sparkling/fizzy water or beer
Salt and pepper
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt and pepper.
- Add sparkling water or beer and mix until it become thick and smooth batter. Let the batter rest for at least 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, lay the fish fillets in a paper towel, season with salt and pepper and toss the fish with plain flour.
- Dip into the batter and deep fried in the hot oil. Fry until the batter crispy and golden.
- Serve with homemade tartar sauce, fries and mushy peas.

What a great food for dinner, bon appétit!

Fried Mackerel in Tomato Sauce

Bonjour,

I love fresh mackerel and it's certainly a lot cheaper than other fish in market. Simple and easy way to do with mackerel is to fried them. This time I cooked mackerel in a different way, but they are still easy to prepare and I'm sure the taste even better with sauce.

FRIED MACKEREL IN TOMATO SAUCE

Ingredients:

2-3 fresh mackerel, cleaned
4 fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 seasoning cube, any choice
Salt and pepper
Oil

METHOD:

- Season mackerel with salt and fry them until cook. Set aside.
- Heat up few tablespoon oil and fry onion and cook for few minutes.
- Add in the chopped tomatoes, seasoning cube and salt and pepper.
- Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the sauce slightly thicken.
- Lastly, place the fried mackerel into the sauce and simmer for another minute.
- Serve with rice or potato on the side.

Bon appétit!

Mamak Style Fish Curry

Salut,

Fish curry can be prepared in many ways, with or without coconut milk, it still turned out good. Some people like to eat with bread, roti or on top of rice, but either way they are delish!

My previous post fish curry using coconut milk but for this recipe, I didn't use coconut milk but I used tamarind paste in the curry gravy.

MAMAK STYLE FISH CURRY

Ingredients:

300-500g fish fillet, any fish
3 tablespoon fish curry powder, add little water to form paste
1 teaspoon chilli paste or chilli powder
1 onion, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon coriander seeds
2 spring curry leaves
2 tablespoon tamarind pulp, add 2 cup of water
8-10 okras
2 tomatoes, cut into wedges

Blend ingredients,
1 onion
2 shallot
2 cloves garlic

METHOD:

- Heat little oil in pot and fry sliced onion, garlic, fennel, cumin and coriander until fragrant.
- Add in the blended ingredients and stir fry for a minute.
- Add curry paste, chilli and curry leaves, stir well and let curry cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add tamarind juice and let it boil.
- Once the sauce begins to boil, add fish, okras and tomatoes.
- Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil for a few minutes or until fish are cooked.

Bon appétit!

Tomato And Thyme Fish

Salut,

There are many ways to cook fish and this tomato and thyme fish recipe really easy to prepare and very tasty. The fish goes very well with potatoes. These kind of recipe are a great dish to have for dinner.

For those who like chilli, add little bit of chilli in this recipe would be good too. Quick, simple and delicious.

TOMATO AND THYME FISH

Ingredients:

2-3 fish fillet
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 can chopped tomatoes or fresh tomato
A few springs thyme
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
Olive oil

METHOD:

- Heat olive oil in a frying pan and fry onion and garlic until lightly brown.
- Add tomatoes, thyme, season with salt, pepper and sugar, bring to boil and simmer for few minutes.
- Add the fish fillet into the sauce, cover and cook for 5-10 minutes or until the fish cook through.
- Serve with baked or steamed potatoes.

Voila, c'est facile!