Recipes

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

This forum is for those who are interested in sharing recipes and/or ideas about creative East-Asian cuisine. It was inspired through a discussion about a certain Tofu Enchilada recipe (Kevin). Being affordable, delicious, and easy-to-make are the three factors worth considering. Please feel free to share your cooking ideas. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I love to go to Korean Tofu Houses where they serve a variety of soups with tofu. The soup is normally served in a hot clay (or is it stone) pot. They give you an uncooked egg to be broken and the white and egg yolk mixed with the soup. The soup, which you can order with seafood (usually with oyster, one of my favorites) or dumpling, may be ordered from mildly spicy to extra spicy. It's really good. However, I can't always feast on tofu even if I want to due to my fear that it could trigger my gout. But my children love it. Can you share any recipe? I can use it for my class on cultural topic about exotic food.

[Anonymous]

I'd love to learn how to make shabu shabu (sp?). It seems easy enough, but without someone telling me exactly how to make it, I know it'll get messy javascript:insertsmilie(' ')

[Anonymous]

Sarah,

first of all, I LOVE FOOD. I cook, eat out, anything as long as it involves food. As for tofu enchiladas, I learned this from a vegetarian friend of mine who decided to cook for us. I learn a lot from my friends. It's basically the same thing as any other enchilada except you subsitute meat like chicken with firm cut up tofu pieces. It's easy. Just get some tortillas (corn), fill them with tofu, cheese, and some sauce. Cover this all with more enchilada sauce and cheese. Bake until it's all melted and warm.

Btw, some great online cooking sources I use are epicurious.com and recipesource.com. The later has LOTS of great asian recipes. Check them out if you've never seen them before. This week I made a great citrus mayonnaise steak from online. Sounds weird but it tasted great.

[Anonymous]

Here's a quick way to make Tofu when I'm feeling really lazy. Take a brick of tofu and put it on a microwavable plate or bowl. Put a little oil (olive) on top, some oyster sauce, and some green onion. Microwave covered with a piece of paper towel. (Btw, never ever microwave with plastic. it creates dioxins which are carcinogenic). Its ready to eat. Simple, easy, and good to add to whatever else you're eating.

[Anonymous]

kevin,
I'll try this one. What other toppings do you recommend, aside from the green onions?
I'm fond of steamed fish, too. But I don't know how to make the sauce. Do you happen to know the recipe for the sauce for steamed fish? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

For steamed fish, what my mother always did was after steaming the fish, she added a bit of salt and green onions on the top of the fish.

In a separate pan, she heated up some oil (several table spoons), added ginger to the oil and maybe garlic. When the oil has infused the flavors of the garlic and ginger, she would carefully pour the hot oil all over the fish. When added a little soy sauce to it.

I havent tried this myself, but I've seen my mom do this many many times.

[Anonymous]

I forgot in the tofu enchiladas to add whatever stuff you like in it. ie. refried or black beans, veggies, etc.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Kevin. I'll try this one. I just wonder a bit if it is ok to use just any ordinary oil or olive oil would be a good choice, since there will also be some soy sauce poured into the ginger, green onion and perhaps, garlic. BTW, I like dipping some bread into a mixture of olive oil, and some dark sour sauce whenever I eat in an Italian restaurant. Is that in any way similar to the oil and soy sauce used for steamed fish minus the vinegar, maybe?

[Anonymous]

How tofu in terms of taste? Is it just as comparable? Economically, it makes total sense, since tofu is so affordable. I will try it and let you know what I think!

[Anonymous]

I need to eat fish more often. Every time I do see fish, I keep meaning to eat more but I soon have some meat replace the moment. The fish recipe sounds simple and yummy. I would like to try it. Chinatown has some of the best selection!

[Anonymous]

Here's an extremely easy and healthy fish recipe.

Broil a piece of salmon (fillet? For some reason, my mind is completely blank on what the proper term is) until it is cooked through, flipping it over once. Then simply top it with a mixture of soy sauce and rice wine vinegar or fresh lemon. You can also garnish with parsley or green onions and pepper.

Maybe I'm a bit biased because this is the way my mother always cooked it, but it's the best way to eat salmon. This is the way I've been eating salmon since I was a kid, and there's nothing that can beat it. I never eat salmon at Western restaurants because it's always covered in some heavy cream sauce or stuffed with something very salty. To me, simpler is always better.

[Anonymous]

As for the microwave tofu, I usually use olive oil compared to any other oils, but I dont think it'll make much of a difference. Olive oil is just the healthier one (more omerga 3 fatty acids)

[Anonymous]

I have two ways I cook salmon.

One isn't Asian, but who cares. It tastes good and it's easy. Just go to Trader Joes and buy the lemon dill sauce, pour it over salmon pieces and bake it at about 400 for 15-20 minutes depending on how thick the pieces are.

The second way is to steam the pieces, cover it with black bean sauce, olive oil, ginger slices, and green onions. Also yummy, but the first way is easier.

[Anonymous]

I bought 3 chickens today at Pavillions that I plan to make into Fried Chicken tomorrow. It's also Asian inspired. What I do is I marinate overnight the chicken pieces (I cut up the chickens into the usual legs, thighs, wings and breasts). I don't like to fry the breasts only because I use them in other recipes. The marinade is simple. In a plastic bag add the chicken, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sherry, sugar, garlic, and ginger. Get as much air as you can out of the bag, seal it and leave it in the fridge over night.

The next day, in another bag I just have it full of flour with a bit of cornstarch. Mix so the pieces are coated with flour. Fry each piece about 15 minutes, cool, and eat.

Btw, I used the carcass and some of the chicken breasts to make a homemade chicken noodle soup. Sorry, not asian.

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