{"id":4910,"date":"2014-07-11t09:45:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-11t13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2018-10-05t16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05t16:18:36","slug":"pan-seared-bluefish-with-ginger-kecap-manis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/pan-seared-bluefish-with-ginger-kecap-manis\/","title":{"rendered":"pan seared bluefish with ginger kecap manis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>serves 4<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 \u00a06-8 oz. bluefish fillets<\/li>\n<li>drake&#8217;s batter mix or seasoned flour<\/li>\n<li>3 t olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>for sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 t olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 stalk lemon grass, white section, crushed and finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 kaffir lime leaf, thick center section cut out then sliced thinly<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, sliced thinly<\/li>\n<li>1 thai (bird\u2019s eye) chili, seeded and sliced thinly<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup kecap manis<\/li>\n<li>juice of 2 limes<\/li>\n<li>lime wedges for garnish<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 t sambal oelek (add more to taste at the end, if you prefer it spicier)<\/li>\n<li>1-2 t finely chopped fresh ginger<\/li>\n<li>3 scallions, white section and part of green, sliced thinly<\/li>\n<li>1 scallion, for garnish, white and part of green part, sliced thinly lengthwise and placed in ice water to curl and firm them up<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup combination of fresh thai (or regular) basil, mint, and cilantro, chopped<\/li>\n<li>pinch of the mixed herbs for garnish<\/li>\n<li>1 sprig of basil for garnish (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>to make the sauce:<\/strong>\u00a0heat olive oil over med-high heat, add scallions, garlic, chili, ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaf and saut\u00e9 until garlic and scallions soften.\u00a0add herbs, toss for a few seconds then add kecap manis, sambal oelek and lime juice.\u00a0stir and let flavors blend until sauce just begins to boil.\u00a0take off heat and reheat when blue fish comes out of the oven.<\/p>\n<p><strong>to pan sear bluefish,<\/strong> pre heat oven to 375\u00ba.\u00a0dust both sides of fillets in drake&#8217;s batter mix or seasoned flour.\u00a0in an oven proof pan or skillet heat olive oil over medium-high.\u00a0when oil is hot add fillets skin side up to pan and sear for 3-4 minutes or until nicely browned.\u00a0flip fillets and pop in the oven for another 4-8 minutes until fish is opaque in the center of thickest part. (use the 10 minutes per inch of thickness rule for overall cooking time). bluefish vary greatly in size so keep a close watch.<\/p>\n<p>heat sauce, plate fish and glaze over fillets with sauce.\u00a0sprinkle pinch of chopped herbs over the fish and the plate.\u00a0garnish tops of fillets with the strips of scallions.\u00a0serve with lime wedges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the crispy skin of pan searing was marvelous with this tangy sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[87,325],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}