I'm not a fish
person.
Never one to
heartily do flips in anticipating any fish meal (okay, unless sushi or the lot,
but hey, raw salmon or its other friends don't count, imho) certainly would
never be the one to buy fish or prep it before, okay I do cook fish sometimes,
those that were prepared just waiting to get on the frying pan line to boogie.
Oh yes, just
contradicted myself. I do prepare a mean Fish & Chips though on occasions.
Well, I suppose I shouldn't count that as well, since,..hey, cooking a good ol'
F & C shouldn't count as cooking (like how I generally categorized cooking
fried rice as not exactly cooking either) since it is just basically adhering
to the food frying methodology. Yeah. Idiot.
So, anyway, for this
argument's sake (if there was any) my so-called Mean Fish & Chips was last
made early last year together with my late sister, and ever since getting back
here and helping Mom out with cooking chores once per week, I've been suggesting
doing a fish meal (since, they are both Mega-Super-FISH-people/person) since I
feel that I shouldn't overstay my culinary skill (and welcome) just by rotating beef/pasta/fajitas/chayken/pasta
you know the like.
So yeah, of course
Mom was cool with it, (since she must be wanting to get fish served without
being splattered with its fry-oil)
But she somehow
misinterpreted Fish & Chips as something else, since ;
- She isn't much of a FRY person (unless chinese shallow fry)
- And another point, which I've lost it right now, but it was significant I think.
- Oh yeah, she bought some bone-in fillets of (unidentifiable ….at least to me) fish
Today around lunch,
she started to tell me where the fish and vegs are kept in the fridge; which
alarmed me as today is my cooking day. Coupled with the above 2 points, (and
not being too keen to drive and hunt for cheap beer for the batter not casual
drinking) I spent the next hour coming out with a substitute fish meal.
So what transpired
(the dish) at this moment in writing, it is a sort of version of a certain Key
West Fish I suppose. But of course mine is better lol. Better tatters (and with
bacon ~ "bacon pancakes making bacon
pancakes") fish way better in every way, and a freaking zesty
sour-assed asian flavor.
Kevin's Key West
Fish with Bacon Cheddar Mashed Tatters & Garlic Sauteed Fridge-Clearing
Vegs
Ingredients:
For Pan-Fried Fish
4 nos Fish Fillet
Paprika (Smoked or
Unsmoked anyhow you'd fancy)
Salt & Pepper
Oil
For Key Lime (Sauce)
Butter (or in my
case, fake butter @ olive spread)
1/4 in Ginger,
julienned
2 nos Kaffir Lime
Leaves, julienned (it's 4 since they come in pairs)
10 nos Kalamansi,
juiced (or, Lime, though I wouldn't go Lemon)
Pinches of other
dried fishy herbs if you like, I added some Herbes de Provence for a good
measure
*there's no booze for the time being, but I suppose I'd love to flip a good 2 ounces of Tequila or fold in some white vino
Bacon Cheddar Mashed
Tatters
4 nos Potato; Large,
boiled, and let semi-cool if need to cut smaller (yes, Mom didn't get Russets
or softer tatters, so I used those Made-In-China potatoes in which I am 99.9%
sure it is real)
1 cup Bacon bits
4 tbsp Garlic,
chopped (okay, tablespoon? Well, put a lot, trust me)
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup Cheese;
Cheddar (well, I cheated with cheddar slices; since I did not go to town, I
suppose I am lucky to get these at the mini-mart)
Salt & Pepper to
taste
For Garlic Sauteed
Fridge-Clearing Vegs @ What I was supposed to clear was:
1 nos Carrot
1 pkt King Oyster
Mushroom
1 nos Onion; Red
4 nos Garlic Cloves
2 pats Butter
Salt & Pepper
*what I will give to
have Bell Peppers or Zucchini or Broccoli, but yeah, this is just sauteed
vegetables, so, GO CRAZY!
Serves: 4
Prep: 20 mins with a
smoke break
Cooking Time: I
suppose in total of 20 mins thereabouts? But I took longer since we were stuck
with a single stove, the other guy decided to become a flamethrower for no
reason and since I am no Batman with a lead cape to save Martha…..
So in actual 35
eff-ing minutes for me. And a quick smoke break when gathering the kaffir lime
'top' leaves, ha!
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| something is terribly wrong with my camera |
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Of course the pics
does not do the dish justice, and with the lack of garnish of sorts; but it was
awesome all right and I suppose I should be making more of these (with
variations of course) soon enough based on their compliments (which is rare,
come on, we Chinese peepur) and Mom's questions on the ingredients and
how-to's. So I suppose a video should follow some day, or even a separate one
of my (ehem!) heavenly mashed tatters.
So tummy filled and
feeling groggy and sleepy by 8:30pm, I suppose I could manage an episode (or
two) of Fear The Walking Dead now, since network is pulling a Lois Lane on me.
No, that's not right.
Well,
since I'm done with today's The Flash so these 2 should do.
Oh, if it's 2
episodes, then I'm up on this week's 4th episode, darn.
Another weblog post
then.