Friday, February 25, 2011

Cooking Tilapia

One of the challenges of cooking frozen fish is to try to make it not taste "fishy".

Whenever, I pan-fry it, the "fishy" taste still remains.  This time I used butter and Italian bread crumbs.   The breading is definitely better when egg is used; but still, I'm sure it would not have gotten rid of the "fishy" taste.

The fish hot pot does a better job of masking the "fishy" taste.  It may be the green onion and ginger that helps with that.  I layered bok choy, tofu pan fried in sesame oil and soy sauce, and pan fried tilapia pieces, and carrots; and simmered in a clay pot.  It turned out okay; but, some improvements would be to add the bok choy later so it doesn't get overcooked and to use a broth so that there'd be more flavor.  It also would be better to use less liquid, so that it's more like a dish rather than a soup.

Overall, it is clear, though, that fresh fish is much preferred.

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