Steamed Arctic Char With Soy Crispy Garlic And Chiles Recipes

SOY-HONEY-GLAZED ARCTIC CHAR

Steps:

• Season fish with salt and pepper. Whisk together soy sauce, honey, and lime juice.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add fish, skin-sides down, and cook, undisturbed, until skin is crisp and fish are opaque halfway up sides, about 2 minutes. Flip, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until just cooked through but still pink in centers, about 1 1/2 minutes more. Transfer to a plate, skin-sides up.
• Wipe skillet clean; return to medium-high heat. Add soy mixture and boil until darkened slightly and reduced to a glaze, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and immediately return fish to skillet, gently flipping several times to evenly coat in glaze. Place fish over rice and drizzle with remaining glaze from skillet. Sprinkle with scallions and sesame seeds and serve, with bok choy.

OVEN-STEAMED ARCTIC CHAR WITH PIPERADE

Steps:

• Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, nonstick skillet and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes, and add the peppers, chile, and garlic. Stir together until the garlic begins to smell fragrant, about 1 minute, and add salt to taste. Continue to cook, stirring often, for about 10 minutes, until the peppers are quite soft. Add the tomatoes, sugar, and thyme, bring to a simmer, turn the heat to low and cook uncovered for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring often. The mixture should be thick and sweet. Remove from the heat and keep warm.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with foil and lightly oil the foil. Place the fish on top. Season with salt and gently rub the salt into the surface of the fish. Add pepper to taste. Fill a roasting pan with boiling water and place it on the oven floor. Place in the oven and bake until the fish flakes and white bubbles of protein appear on the surface, 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the fillets (you can scrape them away if you don't like the look of them). Remove from the heat and serve topped with the piperade.

PAN-SEARED ASPARAGUS WITH CRISPY GARLIC

Steps:

• Place a paper towel-lined plate next to the stove. In a medium or large skillet, combine the garlic and olive oil over medium-low heat. Cook, shaking the skillet often, until the garlic is very light golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat, tilt it, then use a slotted spoon to transfer the garlic to the towel-lined plate, leaving the remaining oil in the skillet. Season the crispy garlic with salt.
• Return the skillet to medium-high heat. Add the asparagus, season with salt and pepper, and cook, shaking often, until bright green, crisp-tender and browned in spots, 4 to 5 minutes. Slide onto a platter, including any oil in the skillet. Top with the garlic chips and season again with salt and pepper.