Agar-Agar Salad: Ingredients
Agar-Agar Salad: Ingredients
Ingredients
30 g / 1 oz refined agar-agar strands
1 bundle flowering garlic chives
3 eggs
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon peanut oil
250 g / 8 oz fresh bean sprouts
Dressing Edit
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 tablespoons Oriental sesame oil
2 teaspoons honey
Directions
1. Soak agar-agar strands in cold water for 30 minutes to one hour while preparing the rest
of the salad.
2. Wash the flowering chives and snap off any tough lower ends.
3. Finely chop some of the stalks to yield about 3 tablespoons.
4. Cut the rest of the chives into bite-sized lengths and drop into boiling water for 30
seconds, then drain and immerse in iced water to set the colour.
5. Drain as soon as they are cold.
6. Beat the eggs, season with salt and pepper and stir in chopped chives.
7. Heat a heavy frying pan and cook just enough egg mixture to coat the pan with a thin
layer.
8. When set but not browned turn egg sheet onto a plate and rub pan lightly with oil
before making another.
9. Continue until all the egg is used up.
10. When cool, cut into thin strips (to make this easier, stack egg sheets and roll them into a
cylindrical shape first).
11. Wash bean sprouts, pinching off any straggly tails.
12. Drain the agar-agar well and cut into bite-sized strips.
13. Combine all the ingredients, cover and chill.
14. In a bowl whisk together the dressing, first crushing the garlic to a smooth paste with
the sugar.
15. Pour over the salad, toss and serve.
TUNA FISH BALL
2 (6 1/2 oz.) cans tuna fish, drained & flaked
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 tbsp. taco sauce
1 tbsp. parsley flakes
1 tsp. onion flakes
1 tsp. hot sauce (opt.)
Blend cream cheese, taco sauce, parsley and onion flakes; add tuna fish,
shape into ball and refrigerate.
Season the fish with salt and lemon juice. Marinate for 30 minutes.
In a large skillet, using half the oil, fry the fillets until they are light
brown on both sides.
Drain on absorbent paper towel.
In another large skillet, saute garlic in remaining oil until light brown,
then onion until transparent and tomatoes until soft.
Add pepper, water and patis or salt.
Simmer until a saucy consistency is achieved.
Add the fried fish to the sauce.
Cover the skillet and cook for 2 minutes, turning the fillets once.
Serve hot, garnished with scallions.
Milkfish or bangus is the fish most commonly used in cooking
fish sinigang. Thus, this recipe is called the sinigang na
bangus or milkfish sinigang recipe.