I was always afraid to buy frozen fish from the seafood section because it's simply not fresh.
You can smell and taste that fishiness, and let me tell you something: FISH SHOULD NOT SMELL AND TASTE "FISHY".
When you pick up a fish and smell it, it should smell like water.
When you eat it, it should taste mild.
So I've been afraid of frozen fish because I have smelled that fishy smell before.
Well, on a trip to the store, there was a lady that was cooking fish and handing out samples, and let me tell you.. that fish tasted pretty DG (damn good)!
I was really surprised to find out she was using frozen tilapia filets.
When I got home, I found that each filet was vacuum sealed.
I took out a few filets and marinated it in a little soy sauce, garlic, and xiao xing cooking wine. Pretty basic stuff.
I heated up my skillet with some veggie oil (to give the meat a good sear), and cooked the filets a few minutes on each side.
I was so surprised how the fish came out: Not fishy at all, mild tasting, and moist.
It was lovely.
Does this mean I can bring frozen fish back into my life??
(by the way, if you have any questions about how to pick fresh fish and other sea foods at the market, ask me!)
they should be more or less as good as when they were frozen--assuming proper shipping/handling.
ReplyDeletesounds like they were pretty good when frozen!