Best Japanese Style White Fish Balls In Shiitake Ginger Broth Recipes

FISH WITH SHIITAKES

Fish With Shiitakes image

This dish is the kind that, with a little experience, many good cooks could assemble from scratch, without consulting a recipe. The aromatic triumvirate of garlic, ginger and scallions is matched with soy sauce, rice vinegar and fish sauce. Shiitake mushrooms give substance and flavor, cornstarch thickens and sesame oil adds a whiff of toasty richness. Though I spooned the sauce over simply poached fish, it would work just as well with grilled, pan-seared or broiled fish, or on stir-fried strips of chicken breast, slivers of pork or beef, shrimp or scallops. Steamed rice could help sop up the sauce, but I served boiled fingerling potatoes. Potatoes with Asian food? Don't scoff. Chinese restaurants here do not serve them, but potatoes are a major crop in China, where they are eaten with gusto, especially in the center and north. Besides, potatoes are certainly favored in the countries that produce the best pilsners, the beverage to drink while eating this.

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories dinner, main course

Time 40m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 cups chicken stock
1 1/3 pounds sea bass or gray sole fillets
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1/2 cup chopped scallions
7 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon Vietnamese fish sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

Steps:

Heat oven to 175 degrees. Place chicken stock in a wok or skillet, and bring to a simmer. Cut fish into pieces about 3 inches square, place in stock, and simmer until just cooked, about 5 minutes. Use spatula to transfer to heatproof platter, cover loosely with foil, and place in oven. Drain and strain stock, and reserve. Wipe out pan.
Heat peanut oil in pan. Add garlic, ginger and scallions. Sauté briefly, and add mushrooms. Sauté until wilted. Add soy sauce, vinegar and fish sauce. Cook 30 seconds, then add reserved stock. Bring to a simmer. Dissolve cornstarch in 2 tablespoons cold water, and add, stirring. Simmer until sauce has thickened. Add sesame oil.
Transfer fish to serving dish, spoon mushroom sauce over, scatter with cilantro, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 264, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 11 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 24 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 964 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams

JAPANESE-STYLE WHITE FISH BALLS IN SHIITAKE-GINGER BROTH

Japanese-Style White Fish Balls in Shiitake-Ginger Broth image

Categories Sauce Fish Ginger Kosher Simmer Boil

Yield serves 4 to 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

Fish Balls
1/2 pound skinless fatty white-fleshed fish fillets, such as black sea bass, white sea bass, or butterfish
1 teaspoon peeled and grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
Soup
6 cups water
2 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems cut off and chopped and caps thinly sliced
2 tablespoons peeled and coarsely chopped fresh ginger
4 cilantro sprigs
2 tablespoons tamari soy sauce
8 spinach roots, cut in half lengthwise
2 small scallions, white and light green parts, cut lengthwise into thin strands

Steps:

To make the fish balls, cut the fish into 1- to 2-inch chunks, place in a food processor, and process until finely ground. Add the ginger, lemon juice, salt, and pepper and process until thoroughly blended. With wet hands, pat the mixture into 3/4-inch balls. Set aside on a plate, cover, and refrigerate until ready to cook.
To make the soup, combine the water, mushroom stems, ginger, cilantro, and soy sauce in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Decrease the heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover partially, and cook until the mushroom and ginger pieces are soft, about 10 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean medium saucepan. Discard the contents of the strainer.
Bring the strained broth just to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the shiitake caps, spinach roots, and fish balls and cook until the balls rise to the top, about 3 minutes. Ladle the soup into individual bowls, garnish each bowl with a few scallion strands, and serve piping hot.