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Video: Poisson du dans papier

Want fresh fish that's moist with a side of good for you? What about a little fusion — East meets West.

My 9 year old loves fish cooked like this. It's moist, flavorful and can be cooked in truly tiny kitchens. (He doesn't care about the kitchens, but I do. Mine is horribly sloped. And truly tiny.)

This is my favorite way to prepare fish, and one of the few I've created myself. You can shake up the recipe with different veggies or different herbs or different fish. White fish, for example, are great spiced up with some ginger.

Poisson du dans papier (Fish in parchment) is really a fusion between French tastes and Asian cooking. Lots of Chinese dishes call for steamed fish in a bamboo basket. They usually wrap the fish in huge flat leaves you get in Asian markets (cabbage works though).

This takes that Asian technique but uses food (salmon and green beans, for example) usually called for in French-styled poached fish.

This dish uses olive oil to keep the fish moist and cooks up veggies that are still a little crisp when you bite them. It's like blanching green beans because the veggies stay brightly colored and flavorful, but you don't have to dunk them in ice water.

Best yet, you can serve it up in a little package that looks like a present. When guests "open" the present, it smells divine. My mother loves the "present" look.

One note on this dish: If you use a steamer basket and ring instead of a wok and basket, depending on how high up your pot is will affect cooking times. I learned this Sunday when I cooked with the ring for the first time in the video. If your basket is well above the water, add about 10 minutes. If you use the wok, 15 minutes is really perfect most of the time.

Happy eating! 

 

 

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Becky Harris
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Becky Harris 01/14/13 - 06:57 pm
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Yum!

I think even I could do that!

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Terri Powers 01/14/13 - 07:27 pm
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Listen to this young woman!

The only thing I'd do different is to add more soft herbs (basil, sage, parsley or chives) on top of the fish.

Knife skills are coming along nicely Scarlet ;)

Scarlet Sims
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Scarlet Sims 01/16/13 - 01:22 pm
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herbs and knife skills

Yay! I'm improving! (Several people commented and sent videos, so thank you, guys. Particularly, thank you for caring about my fingers. ;)

This recipe is so versatile. You can give it more of an Asian feel with some ginger, thai basil, white pepper and peanut oil/sesame oil. Or you can go more European with some parsley, olive oil or even butter, black pepper and my favorite — thyme. I consider sage a little too "meat" in flavor. I use it a lot in pinto beans for that reason.

Change out the fish, it works fine on many varieties. Change out the veggie — I once used baby yellow squash grown right out of my garden.

Just the way the fish cooks and the variety make this one of my favorite self-creates. :)

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BuzzBy 01/16/13 - 02:04 pm
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As I was Told

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By a chef I worked for one time "I don't care about your fingers I don't want any fingernail trimmings or any other of your body parts in the food I'm serving!"

The big thing is pratice keep you finger tips further from knife blade than your knuckles that you are using a a guide don't lift the blade any higher than your finger tips.

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Courtney Spradlin 01/14/13 - 08:12 pm
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I love the camera work here

I love the camera work here and how you kind of pop in and out. I think I could make this!

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i_wonder 01/16/13 - 02:27 pm
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I watched it

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with 3D glasses on, it was EPIC.

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i_wonder 01/16/13 - 02:27 pm
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one question

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You didn't explain how to make the steam.

Sincerely,
Guys like me that can't cook.

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