Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Caught and cooked w/ a friend

My favorite kitchen appliance is my prep cook. It is good to have an old friend visit and lend a hand when you have fresh walleye to eat. This morning it will be floured and pan fried w/ onions, sweet peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, eggs and buttered whole wheat toast.Good, good, good.
Last night it was done as a one cast iron pan meal like a Cuban style paella w/ the same vegetables and rice and black beans with plenty of garlic, some heat, and the juice of a whole lime. Dice the vegetables small and saute in oil( olive or veg), add rice, stir, water and seasonings, bring to a boil and simmer covered till the rice is almost done. Add beans ( canned), adjust seasonings( red pepper,salt, black pepper, garlic, oregano or cilantro, parsley), and add 3" or 4" portions of fish. Season w/ lemon pepper over all and lime juice over all and simmer covered for 10 minutes or uncovered in a 425 degree oven. Juices of the fish should just run clear. It is simple and fast ( half hour total), is not the mess of frying fish, and is a riot of color, depth, and layers of flavor. It is rich like fried fish, but is healthy too, especially if you use brown rice ( try instant brown ). Great w/ beer.

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