Pan Fried Oriental Fish

I found this recipe in yummy.ph, the website of Yummy Magazine. I used cream dory for this recipe and the taste reminded me of the Japanese Unagi. It has the same soft texture and sweet-salty dark sauce as its expensive counterpart. I adjusted the recipe a bit to suit our taste.

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup sesame oil
4 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced green onion
4 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 pack cream dory (2 medium sized pieces)

1 Make the marinade: Combine and stir together the olive oil, soy sauce, sesame oil, brown sugar, garlic, and green onion. Set aside.

2  Toast sesame seeds on a dry sauté pan over medium heat until brown.

3  Mix toasted sesame seeds with marinade. Set aside.

4  Lay fillets in a pan. Pour marinade over fillets. Cover and refrigerate until needed.

5  To cook the fish, heat a frying pan with about 1 tablespoon of corn/canola oil. Place fillet on the pan and cook one side for about 2 to 3 minutes. Flip it over using a spatula. Generously baste each side of the fish with the marinade.

Unfortunately, when dinner time came, we had a power interruption. This was the best picture I got of my cheap "Unagi" dinner. Yummy!