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Grilled Scallops with Ginger Soy Dressing & Sea Beans

Posted on 28. May, 2007 by singleguychef.

This recipe was part of a, Food Play -1 series and is the Asian/Japanese entry. Grilling the scallops gives them a smoky, sweet flavor that contrasts nicely to the sea bean’s inherent salty sea tasting crunch.
Ingredients
Scallops:
3 large day boat Scallops
1 1/2 cups of sea beans
Sea Beans:
1 1/2 cup of sea beans
Dressing:
1 TBs. sesame oil
1 tsp. [...]

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Cilantro Soup with Monkfish

Posted on 04. May, 2007 by singleguychef.

The original recipe is from Nobu and you can find it in, Nobu, the cookbook.
I’ve added slight tweaks to the one below.
Ingredients
Soup
2 1/4 cups of dashi
2 tsp. of sake
2 tsp. light soy sauce
1/4 tsp. sea salt
Monkfish
9 oz. of monkfish
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
vegetable oil for deep frying
flour for dusting
1 TBs of finely chopped cilantro leaves
thin slices [...]

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Wasabi Pepper Sauce

Posted on 04. May, 2007 by singleguychef.

This recipe is from Nobu and you can find it in, Nobu, the cookbook.
You can also find this recipe at epicurious.com.

Ingredients
3 TBs of powdered wasabi
2 TBs and 1 tsp water
2 TBs of soy sauce
2 TBs of low sodium soy sauce
8 TBs of Dashi
Preparation
Dissolve the powdered wasabi in the water and combine with the other ingrediencts. [...]

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Seaweed Salad with Sushi Rice, Salmon Roe and Kizami Nori

Posted on 21. Apr, 2007 by singleguychef.

This past Friday, it was time for a quick and easy dinner. This dish is inspired by a Korean style salad that a couple of my sushi chefs make. Yes, I said Korean. There are many variations to this salad. This one being more Japanese but this is a great, quick salad with great flavors [...]

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Sushi Rice

Posted on 21. Apr, 2007 by singleguychef.

Ingredients
1 cup medium-grain white rice
1 1/4 cups cold water
1 2-inch-square piece dried kelp (konbu),* wiped lightly with dry cloth (optional to me)
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation
Place rice in a strainer and rinse under cold water until the water runs clear. Place the rice in a heavy medium sauce pan, Add 1 1/4 [...]

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