Name: Marmalade soy fish
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1/3 cup mirin; 2 tablespoon orange marmalade; 1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, plus extra, to serve; 450 gram thin hokkien noodles; 1 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oil; 500 gram boneless white fish fillets; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 2 bunch baby buk choy

Marmalade soy fish

Sweet, salty and tender, this flaky grilled fish is beautiful served atop a bed of hokkien noodles with blanched Asian greens for a quick and healthy weeknight dinner.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

15M

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Ingredients

1/3 cup mirin

2 tablespoon orange marmalade

1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, plus extra, to serve

450 gram thin hokkien noodles

1 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oil

500 gram boneless white fish fillets

1 teaspoon sesame oil

2 bunch baby buk choy

Method

1.Combine mirin, marmalade and soy sauce in a small bowl. Soak noodles in boiling water in a heatproof bowl for 1 minute. Stir to separate strands. Drain.

2.Heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Cook fish 2 minutes, or until golden. Turn fish; add half the mirin mixture. Cook 2 minutes or until fish is cooked. Transfer to a plate. Cover with foil to keep warm. Add remaining mirin mixture, noodles and sesame oil to pan; cook, stirring, until heated.

3.Meanwhile, blanch buk choy in a saucepan of boiling water until bright green. Drain well. Serve fish on noodles with buk choy and extra soy sauce.

Fish is cooked when it flakes easily using a fork. Mirin is Japanese sweet rice wine. You’ll find it in Asian food aisle or Asian grocery store. lf unavailable, use sweet sherry or a sweet white wine.
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