Asian Honey Barbecue Fish Food

GRILLED SALMON WITH CHINESE BARBEQUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a medium size saucepan, over medium heat.
• Add canola oil and saute garlic, ginger, and green onion until fragrant and tender. Add the red pepper flakes. Mix the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and add to the saucepan. Bring to a low simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
• Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
• Lightly season the salmon steaks with salt and pepper. Oil the grill with vegetable oil. Place the fish down for 4 to 5 minutes. Flip the fish over and brush with the barbecue sauce, continue cooking for another 4 to 5 minutes, until opaque throughout. Divide the baby spinach among 4 plates. Place the salmon steaks on top of the beds of spinach while still very hot. This will make the spinach wilt.

HONEY BBQ SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir ketchup, honey, vinegar, and molasses together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth; add liquid smoke, salt, black pepper, paprika, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Stir the seasonings into the ketchup mixture, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened, about 20 minutes.

KOREAN SOY HONEY GLAZE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients until the honey and sugar are completely dissolved.
• Once you've used the glaze for a particular dish, with fish, chicken, or vegetables, store the remainder in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

ASIAN BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients except sugar in a bowl.
• Cook sugar in a dry heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel. Tilt pan and carefully pour in hoisin mixture (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved and sauce is thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Serve with shrimp, swordfish, pork, or chicken.
• Our two favorite brands are Koon Chun and Lee Kum Kee, both from Hong Kong. We found them in New York's Chinatown, but they're also available by mail order from Uwajimaya (800-889-1928).

ASIAN BARBECUED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for indirect heat: For gas, preheat to medium high, then turn off the burners on one side and turn the other burners to medium low. For charcoal, once the coals ash over, push them to one side.
• Mix 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, the brown sugar, 1 teaspoon five-spice powder, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Rub on the chicken. Grill skin-side down over direct heat until marked, about 5 minutes. Flip and move to the cooler side of the grill; cover and cook until a thermometer registers 165 degrees F in the thigh, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 teaspoons vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 3 teaspoons ginger, the garlic and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder and cook 2 minutes. Add the hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 3 teaspoons honey; cook 1 minute. Remove from the heat and add 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
• Toss the cucumbers with the remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon honey, 1/4 teaspoon each sesame oil and ginger, and salt to taste. Top the chicken with the sauce. Serve with the cucumbers.

ASIAN HONEY-GRILLED FISH

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine honey, onion, lime juice, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, garlic, jalapeno, and ginger. Stir to mix well. Pour over fish and let marinate at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Grill the fish for 5 minutes. Turn and cook another 5 minutes or until the flesh is flaky when tested with a fork.

ASIAN CHICKEN MARINADE

Steps:

• Combine the soy sauce, honey, vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger in a mixing bowl and whisk together.
• Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag and pour marinade mixture over top. Carefully remove excess air, seal the bag, and lay flat.
• Let the chicken marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Place marinated chicken on a plate and salt lightly. Leave at room temperature while the grill preheats. Set aside leftover marinade in the plastic bag-do not throw it away!
• Clean and oil the grill grates then preheat to high heat (about 500° F).
• Place chicken on the grill and cook for 5 minutes. Flip, and cook for an additional 5-6 minutes (or until meat thermometer reads an internal temp of 165° F.
• Remove chicken from the grill and tent with foil for 5-10 minutes before serving.
• Pour the marinade that remains in the plastic bag into a large shallow non-stick pan and bring to a full boil.
• Immediately reduce heat to a simmer, and stir constantly with a wooden spoon until sauce has thickened and will coat the back of a spoon. It should be thinner than honey but not watery. Do not overheat as sugars will burn! Add drips of Sriracha hot sauce to taste.
• Drizzle (or brush) the finished sauce over the grilled chicken. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and/or chopped green onions and serve.

ASIAN MARINADE WITH LEMON AND FISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk ingredients together in a small bowl. Place meat, poultry, fish, or vegetables in zipper-lock bag or in shallow, nonreactive pan. Pour marinade over contents and seal or cover.

12 MINUTE STICKY ASIAN SEA BASS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200c/400f
• Mix the oil, chilli, honey, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and lime in a small bowl.
• Place the sea bass fillets, skin-side down, on a baking tray. Sprinkle on the cornflour and rub it into the fish gently.
• Spoon on the honey-soy sauce mix (it will pour off a little, but that's fine). Sprinkle on the sugar and place in the oven to cook for 8 minutes. Half-way through cooking, open the oven and baste the fish with the sauce in the tray (it will be stickier now it's been in the oven).
• Once the fish is cooked, take out of the oven and baste again with sauce, then sprinkle the top with coriander (cilantro), spring onion (scallion) strips and slices of chilli.
• Serve with lime slices and some boiled rice or salad.

ASIAN GLAZED BAKED BARRAMUNDI (OR OTHER FISH)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan). Line a tray with parchment/baking paper. Place shelf in middle of oven.
• Cornflour slurry: Mix water and cornflour in a small bowl.
• Make glaze: Place remaining glaze ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add cornflour slurry then stir well. Cook it for a further 2 minutes until it thickens into a thick paste - thick enough so it stays on the fish when brushed on. See photo in post or video. If it is just a thick syrup, it will slide off the fish.
• Brush glaze on Fish: Place fish fillets on tray. Dab/brush paste on on the top and sides.
• Bake then broil/grill: Bake fish for 15 minutes. Then flick to broiler/grill on high, and cook for 3 minutes to caramelise the surface. Target an internal temperature of 55°C/131°F for medium, which is just cooked but not raw at all. Fish temperature will continue to rise to 58°C/136.5°F during resting.
• Garnish: Remove from oven, transfer to serving plates and rest for 5 minutes. Garnish with green onion, chillies and sesame seeds, as desired. Pictured in post with a side of Coconut Rice and cucumber with Asian Sesame Dressing.

KOREAN MISO AND HONEY GLAZED COD

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and oil it or spray it with non-stick cooking spray. Arrange the cod filets on the baking sheet.
• In a small bowl, whisk together or use a fork to combine the honey, vinegar, gochujang, miso, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sesame oil. Separate out about 2 tablespoons of the mixture and brush it over the fish. Let the fish rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes but up to an hour to let the fish marinate.
• Preheat your broiler to HIGH with a rack placed about 8 inches below the element. Scatter the prepared beech mushrooms around the fish filets and slide the pan onto the rack. Broil the fish for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the glaze is bubbly and charred in places. Remove the pan from the oven and turn the oven off of broil and up to 375°F. Brush the remaining glaze over the fish and return the pan to the oven for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of your filets, or until they are opaque and flake easily with a fork.
• Serve over rice and steamed broccoli and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and thinly sliced green onions.