Coriander Crusted Halibut With Rice Noodles And Ginger Broth Recipes

GRILLED OREGON CHINOOK IN MATSUTAKE GINGER BROTH

Steps:

• Preheat grill.
• Combine the tamari, ginger, chili paste, lemon zest and sugar and pour over the salmon portions in a shallow dish. Turn the fish to coat it evenly, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Remove the salmon from the marinade and blot dry with paper towels. Brush the salmon with the oil on all sides. On a hot grill cook over hot coals for 2 to 3 minutes to brown and mark the fish nicely, turn and continue cooking to desired doneness, 2 to 3 more minutes.
• Simmer the carrots, leeks and scallions in the Seasoned Broth, until al dente, about 4 to 6 minutes.
• To serve divide the broth with vegetables between 6 bowls, top each with a sticky rice cake, mushrooms, and a grilled portion of salmon. Finally, sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds.
• Bring all ingredients, except the bonito shavings, to a simmer in a saucepan. Cook over low heat for 45 minutes, remove from the heat and gently stir in the bonito shavings. Allow the broth to rest for 20 to 30 minutes before straining. Strain and discard solids.
• Bring the rice vinegar, sugar and sea salt to a boil in a small sauce pan, remove from the heat and set aside. Place rice, water and konbu in a heavy bottom saucepan and cover, bring to a simmer over medium heat. When the rice begins to boil reduce the heat to low, stir it gently once and continue cooking, covered until all the liquid is absorbed. Allow the cooked rice to cool 10 to 15 minutes covered with a clean towel.
• Turn the cooked rice out onto a tray or large bowl and fan it to cool. Using a large scoop or your hands moistened with a mixture of the vinegar and water portion the sticky rice into 6 balls and flatten them to form cakes. Lightly wrap the cakes and hold in a warm place until serving time.

PORK RIB BROTH WITH SOFT RICE NOODLES: HU TIEU SUON HEO

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped pork ribs, 1 tablespoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, pounded red Asian shallots, and minced garlic. Toss to coat the ribs completely and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or overnight for a better result.
• In a large stock pot, add the marinated pork ribs, whole peppercorns, spring onions, grilled baby squid, and 3 quarts of water.
• Bring to the boil, cook 10 minutes, or until clear, skimming off any impurities. Reduce the heat to a low simmer, secure with a lid and cook for 2 hours.
• Now add remaining salt, sugar, and fish sauce. Cook for a further 10 minutes, then take off the heat.
• In another large pot, bring 2 quarts water to boil then blanch each portion of noodles for 10 seconds then drain. Place the noodles in a bowl, now add 4 pieces of pork ribs to each bowl then cover the noodles with pork broth.
• To each bowl, add bean sprouts, coriander (cilantro), garlic chives, mint, sprinkle of fried garlic chips, sprinkle of fried red Asian shallots, pinch ground black pepper, sliced chile, and a squeeze of lime juice.

YELLOWFIN TUNA, SEARED RARE WITH SESAME, AND A KEY LIME GINGER BROTH

Steps:

• For the spice mixture: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• For the juice mixture: Blend all ingredients except butter and oil until smooth. Add oil and butter to finish. Add warm chicken stock and season to taste.
• For the romaine: Over high heat saute romaine ribs in olive oil until tender. Add anchovies and coriander. Finish by tossing with basil and season with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• For the tuna: Season tuna pieces with oil and salt and pepper evenly. Place seasoned tuna in spice mixture and coat evenly. Next, heat oil in a cast iron skillet until very hot. Add tuna and cook to desired doneness and set aside to rest for a couple of minutes. Slice each piece after resting.
• Plating: Place braised romaine in center of plate. Next arrange warm tuna slices on top of romaine. Finish plate by drizzling warm juice around the plate. Serve.

FRESH FRUIT IN A COOL GINGER BROTH

Steps:

• Since this is an assortment of fruit served in a broth, count on any single piece of fruit yielding 4 portions. Two peaches, for example, would be more than sufficient. Take your time to clean and slice the fruit as neatly as possible. This is a recipe where presentation counts.
• The fruits can be cut ahead of time. Sprinkle with lemon juice and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready.
• To make the broth, combine the pineapple juice, lemon juice, honey, ginger and Grand Mariner in a saucepan. Bring quickly to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook 5 minutes before removing from heat. Cool completely.
• When ready to serve, allow 10 to 15 minutes to prepare. Use soup plates with broad, flat bottoms and arrange a mixture of the fruit in a colorful pattern across the bottom of the plate, possibly putting some of the slices in a pinwheel-type arrangements with little mounds of diced fruit or berries in the center. Once you have all the fruit divided among the plates, ladle several tablespoons of the cool broth over the fruit.
• There should be just enough broth in each plate to cover the bottom; it should not be soupy. A possible garnish would be a small scoop of sorbet on each plate and perhaps a sprinkling of grated coconut.

CHICKEN AND RICE NOODLES IN BROTH

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the tablespoon rice vinegar, minced fresh ginger, 1/2 teaspoon salt and teaspoon sesame oil. Marinate the chicken in this mixture for 30 minutes. During this time soak rice noodles in warm water to cover for 10 minutes; drain and set in colander.
• When you are ready to eat combine broth, garlic clove, remaining tablespoon rice vinegar and sesame oil and bring to a boil. Add soaked rice noodles and cook for 5 minutes. Remove garlic clove. Add the marinated chicken to the broth and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes or until just cooked through. Add the spinach and remove from heat when spinach is wilted. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle out soup.

SHRIMP AND VEGETABLES IN GINGER CORIANDER BROTH

Steps:

• If using bean-thread noodles, in a bowl soak them in warm water to cover 10 minutes and drain. In a small saucepan of boiling salted water cook bean-thread noodles 3 minutes. (Alternatively, cook angel's hair pasta in boiling salted water until al dente.) In a colander drain bean-thread noodles or angel's hair pasta and rinse under cold water to stop cooking.
• Butterfly each shrimp by cutting almost completely through lengthwise along outside curve and devein.
• In pan simmer broth, jalapeño, reserved coriander stems, and gingerroot, covered, 5 minutes. While broth is simmering halve avocado lengthwise. Pit, peel, and cut avocado into lengthwise slices.
• Between 2 heated large shallow soup bowls divide radishes, scallions, mushrooms, avocado, noodles or pasta, and reserved coriander leaves, putting each ingredient in a separate mound.
• Season shrimp with salt and add to broth. Simmer broth mixture 3 minutes, or until shrimp are just cooked through, and with a slotted spoon transfer shrimp to soup bowls, arranging them on top of vegetables. Add lime juice to broth and pour broth mixture gently through a sieve into soup bowls over shrimp and vegetable mixture.

CORIANDER-CRUSTED HALIBUT WITH RICE NOODLES AND GINGER BROTH

Steps:

• For the Coriander Crusted Halibut With Rice Noodles And Ginger Broth: Preheat an oven to 450 degrees. Place the coriander on a small plate. Season the halibut on both sides with salt and dredge the top only with the coriander. In a hot saute pan coated with oil, sear the top first until brown and fragrant. Flip and place pan in oven for 8 to10 minutes or until the fish in flaky and hot in the middle. Concurrently, in a hot saucepan, coat lightly with oil and saute the ginger and leeks until soft, about 4 minutes. Deglaze with fish sauce and add stock. Bring to a simmer and reduce by 20 percent. Check for seasoning then add lime juice and cilantro. Right before serving, add the soft rice noodles. Bring to temperature then serve. PLATING In large, warm pasta bowls, ladle the broth, leeks and noodles. Make a small pile in the middle with the mixture and top with halibut. Garnish with cilantro sprigs.