Once a seafood lover, always a seafood lover
- Rui Lou
- Nov 10, 2017
- 2 min read
The sea is a mysterious pocket that literally most of the creatures living there is eatable, it's like the magic pocket from the cartoon DORAEMON, you'll never know what you're gonna get. Personally seafood is one of those things that if I choose to eat one thing for my whole life, that would be it. Living in Ecuador, seafood delicate are abundant and cheap. People literally will wake up 5 AM in morning just to enjoy a Encebollado (albacore stew with onions), which is usually consumed at a corner of the street.
Memories are flashed back to my childhood. My mom told me that when I was five years old, I would beg her to get me some lobster for weekend lunch. Lobster in Ecuador are so cheap and fresh that will probably put Maine lobster into shame. Being a foodie means that you'll not be restricted from enjoying every product possible, you'll have to be adventurous to find some gems in the market. The following tips will help you cook seafood as a master chef!
Ginger is not only mean to be in Asian cuisine! Use an abundant amount of ginger while cooking seafood like fish, shrimps, crabs, etc. This ingredient will help your dish delete that disgusting fishy most of the people hate it. Use fresh ginger, cut it into slices, mince it, smash it! and add it into your favorite seafood dish,
Consume it the day you'll get the seafood product! There is nothing more disturbing than a piece of salmon sitting on the freezer for a week. It will make the product soggy, fishy and unappealing. Try your best to buy the product when you are gonna consume it, because fresh seafood will talk by itself. By simply adding salt and pepper, fresh seafood will release it's sweetness and tenderness.
White whine must be in your cedar. Most of the times when I'm cooking seafood, I'll add a splash of white wine into my marinade or while cooking the seafood itself. This will add a fruity floral aroma to the dish which will elevate your seafood cooking by a lot. Adding white wine will not only add aroma and flavor to your dish, it will also help eliminating the undesired fishy flavors away.
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