Microwaved Fish?

I’m all for a quick dish on a weekday, you’re home from work, you’re tired, your coworker screwed up the code you were working on for 5 weeks, you’re grumpy and want food now now now.  When my mom told me she microwaved fish my eyes were like this O_o.  Yup I actually made one eye get physically smaller.  So I tried her insaneness and it actually kind of works… but there are some rules you must follow.

Microwaving Fish Rules

1. If your fish costs more than $20/lb, if you microwave it I will come and kill you in your sleep.
2. It has to be thin to cook all the way through without making parts of it extra chewey.  The best kind is a flat white fish.
3. It’s best to do this with a liquidy sauce.

Some people say that microwaved lobster tastes better than steamed lobster, so why not fish?

She uses the Lee Kum Kee brand soy sauce for seafood, which is basically a mix of asian flavors great for seafood (such as cooking wine, soy sauce, etc).  I didn’t have any on hand so I’ve used equal parts soy sauce and fish sauce and cooking wine with a dash of seasame oil and one ginger slice.  I experimented with a small slab of sea bass, and thus came to rule #1 and rule #2.  Rule #2 because the sea bass was too thick and I ended up overcooking parts of it to get it completely done.  And then rule #1 because I was so pissed I used such an expensive fish.  I have tried this with thin white fish and it’s pretty much delicious.  I am going to experiment later with microwaving a slab of salmon in a seasame soy sweet glaze and see how it turns out.

Ingredients:

• A 1/2 lb slab of white fish, thin, bone in, bone out, whatever works.
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tbsp Fish Sauce (if you don’t like fish sauce, you can just use straight soy)
• 1 tbsp Cooking Wine (this eliminates some of the fishy flavors)
• 1 slice of ginger
• dash of sesame oil

Directions:

1. Use a glass bowl with a flat bottom that the fish can sit in.  Put the slice of ginger at the bottom of the fish.  Combine all ingredients and cover with saran wrap.
2. Microwave for 4 minutes.  Be careful when taking it out, it’ll be hot.  Eat fish.

I garnished with some sauteed baby bok choy and mushrooms.  Don’t forget, use a thinner fish!!