Asian Style Sea Bass in Parchment
By Veronique Christensen — Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
It’s not too often that Tomas hands me a recipe from a magazine and announces that we have to make it. Yesterday he did. So, I spent my morning hunting down the ingredients for the “Asian-style halibut in parchment” he found in this month’s Real Simple. Turns out that Halibut is not in season so the fish monger suggested that I buy the Sea Bass (twenty-two dollars worth — gulp!).
When he got home from work I handed him the ingredients on a platter and he corralled the olders (I got to walk the dogs, put the babe to bed, and browse some crafty blogs while they worked). With a patience I just wasn’t born with, he taught them how to slice, dice, grate, and julienne. Both kids got to assemble two servings; one for themselves, and one for Mom or Dad.
Dinner was fancy, delicious, and the kids ate practically every last bite!
Real Simple doesn’t have the recipe online (yet?), but I did find pretty much the exact same recipe here — just add bok choi and a red bell pepper.
Wow, sounds yummy. You may have a future chef in your house.
Wasn’t it deliious!? I made this recipe using tilapia (which was buy one get one free….4 filets for 6 bucks!!) and it was amazing!
I’m lucky enough to have an asian market 7 blocks away so all ingredients are handy. My boyfriend and I agree this one will be in the rotation from here on out.
Tonight I’m making the poached chicken…we’ll see how that goes.
Glad you liked it too!