Thursday, January 26, 2012

the things they carried

Half of my family was moved here as the Vietnam war came to a close the family of eleven traveled for many days on a boat with nothing but a pack of saltine crackers to eat which they mostly fed to my youngest aunt.  That I know of they brought next to nothing that couldn't be carried easily in a very small sack from their homeland.  What I have inherited from them is their recipes which are a fusion of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisines which I have turned into my own American interpretation.


This is one of my favorite quick light dishes that I picked up from my Asian grandma who seemed to spend all day in the kitchen cooking for everyone.  She was a brilliant cook, that inspired me to learn how to make things in the kitchen.  

Ingredients:
White fish fillets
Soy Sauce - I like golden mountain
Green Onion - cut into long segments
A Few Small Tomatoes - quartered - I usually use red but I only had green and yellow ones that day..
Lime or lemon
Cooking oil of choice.. about a tablespoon for a few pieces of fish.. more for more fish less for less fish..

Directions:
Make sure fish is dry on the outside. Heat oil in pan, place fish in pan, heat one side till cooked to middle, add a light sprinkle of soy sauce cook a little longer flip fish to cook till other half is done to the middle add a light sprinkle of soy sauce, tomatoes and onion cover and steam for a couple min till tomato softens.  Squeeze a little bit of lemon juice on fish and serve with rice.  Devour..


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