Pacific Rim Honey Barbecued Fish Recipes

PACIFIC RIM SALMON

Steps:

• In a small bowl, conbime the pineapple juice, soy sauce, horseradish, parsely, 3 teaspoons sesame oil, honey and pepper. Pour 2/3 marinade into a large resealable bag; add the salmon ad green onions. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 1 to1 1/2 hours, turning occasionally. Add the remianing sesame to remaining marinade. Cover and refrigerate for basting.
• Coat the grill rack with cooking spray before starting the grill. Drain and discard marinade. Grill salmon, covered, over medium heat or broil 4-6 inches from the heat for 8-12 minutets or untiil fish flakes easily with a fork, basting frequently with reserved marinade.

PACIFIC RIM SALMON

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, hoisin sauce, ginger, sesame seeds and lemon pepper.
• Pour over the salmon in a shallow glass dish.
• Cover and let marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Before preparing a hot fire, spray grill grate with non-stick cooking spray.
• Grill the salmon, flesh side down first, directly on the grill grate, for about 5 minutes.
• Using both a wide metal fish spatula and a grill spatula, carefully turn the fillet over onto the skin side and grill for another 5 minutes, until a milky juice appears on top of the thickest part of the fillet.
• Serve immediately, sprinkled with the black sesame seeds.

COD IN PACIFIC RIM GLAZE

Steps:

• Put rack in center of oven. Heat oven to 500 degrees.
• Put garlic, ginger and jalapeno in a blender. Add soy sauce and mirin. Blend to a smooth puree. Scrape down sides of blender with a rubber spatula. Add syrup and vinegar. Blend until smooth. Using the spatula, scrape into a small bowl. Reserve.
• Pour olive oil into a roasting pan 18 by 12 by 2 inches. Using your hands, rub the oil all over the bottom of the pan and up the sides. Put the fillet in the pan. Pour half the sauce over the fillet; rub into all parts of the fillet. Turn fillet over, pour on remaining sauce and rub in.
• Arrange fillet in pan with the side that was attached to the skin facing up. Fillet should touch sides of pan as little as possible; put on the diagonal if necessary. (Use a larger pan if doubling recipe.) Cook 17 minutes, checking after 12 minutes to see if there is liquid left in pan. If not, add 1/3 cup warm water.
• Using two very large spatulas, transfer fillet to serving platter. Put the roasting pan on top of the stove over medium-high heat. Add 3/4 cup water, wine or fish stock to the pan. As it begins to bubble, scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Scrape up all the dark crispy bits. Reduce liquid by half, to use as a sauce with the fish.
• Pour sauce over fish on serving platter. Decorate top of fish with cilantro leaves. Arrange sprigs around sides of platter.

PACIFIC RIM BARBEQUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix ketchup, brown sugar, soy sauce, sherry, hoisin sauce, Dijon mustard, garlic, ginger, 5-spice powder, and pepper in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until flavors combine, 10 to 15 minutes.