Fried Trout With Sweet Pork And Green Mango Salad Recipes

Steps:

• For sweet pork:
• Heat 1/2 cup vegetable oil in small saucepan over high heat. Add shallots and cook until golden brown and crisp, about 10 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer fried shallots to paper towels to drain.
• Grind peppercorns and star anise to powder in spice grinder. Transfer ground spices to mini processor. Add cilantro stems, garlic, and ginger; grind to paste. Set spice paste aside.
• Place pork in medium bowl. Place bowl on steamer rack in pot. Cover pot and steam pork over high heat until tender, about 20 minutes. Cool; cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add steamed pork and sauté until crisp, about 10 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer pork to clean bowl.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from skillet and add spice paste. Cook over medium-high heat until beginning to brown and crisp, about 2 minutes. Mix in palm sugar, then 1/3 cup water and fish sauce. Stir until palm sugar melts and caramelizes, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 1/3 cup water and boil until sauce thickens and coats spoon, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Mix in pork. do ahead Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate pork. Cover shallots and store at room temperature. Add shallots to pork and warm over medium heat before using.
• For salad and dressing:
• Blend lime juice, cilantro stems, fish sauce, palm sugar, bird chiles, and garlic in blender until smooth. Season dressing to taste with salt. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• Combine mango, herbs, jalapeño chile, lime leaves, and ginger in medium bowl. Toss with enough dressing to coat.
• For trout:
• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in each of 2 large skillets over high heat. Open trout like book. Sprinkle each with salt and pepper. Add 1 to each skillet, skin side up. Cook until browned and cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer trout to platter, skin side down. Spoon warm pork and shallot mixture over each;top each with half of salad.
• More info:
• This recipe calls for green mango, which is an under-ripe mango, rather than a specific variety. When shopping for green mangoes, choose fruit that is firm to the touch.
• What to drink:
• With this menu, try a bottle of Riesling. We particularly like the Smith-Madrone 2007 Riesling from Napa Valley ($25). The mango, pineapple, and citrus flavors of the wine are the perfect complement to this meal. While you're at the market, look for a Thai beer like Singha, which is produced by Thailand's first and largest brewery.

Steps:

• On a single flour tortilla, scoop a 1/3 cup of sweet pork into the middle. Scoop several large Tablespoons of Mango salsa on top of sweet pork. Fold up and devour. Repeat.

Steps:

• Open each trout flat like a book. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Dust trout with flour and shake off excess. Heat 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 trout and sauté until coating is crisp and trout is just opaque in center about 2 minutes per side. transfer trout to plate and tent with foil to keep warm. Repeat with remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil and trout.
• Wipe out skillet with paper towels. Set aside 2 tablespoons green onions. Add remaining green onions, wine and butter to same skillet. Simmer over medium heat until mixture is almost reduced to glaze, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Spoon sauce over trout. Sprinkle trout with reserved 2 tablespoons green onions and serve.

Steps:

• Rinse trout fillets under cold running water, pat dry and cut in serving pieces.
• Fry bacon until crisp.
• Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
• Set aside.
• In a bowl, beat egg.
• Stir in milk, salt and pepper.
• In a pie plate, combine flour, cornmeal, and paprika.
• Dip fish pieces in egg mixture, then coat with flour mixture.
• Fry in the reserved (hot) bacon fat until fish are golden brown, 2-3 minutes on each side.
• Drain on paper towels and garnish with bacon.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place catfish on a baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until flesh is opaque, 10 to 15 minutes. Flake into large pieces with a fork. Lay the flaked fish out on a plate to dry.
• Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Fry fish in batches until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Try not to break up the fish too much in the pan.
• Toss mango, shallots, cilantro, green onions, peanuts, fish sauce, lime juice, Thai chiles, and sugar together in a large bowl. Toss in crispy catfish at the very last minute. Check the seasoning; the salad should taste sour, hot, and salty, with a slight sweetness at the end.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place pork in roasting pan, brush pork with 1/2 teaspoon olive oil. Combine 2 teaspoons sesame seeds, garlic and pepper in a small cup and press evenly over the sides of the pork, coating evenly. Roast uncovered fro 20-30 minutes or until meat temperature registers 155 degrees. Cover and allow to stand for 5-10 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 160 degrees. Thinly slice pork.
• In a small saucepan over medium high heat cook pineapple juice uncovered for 10 minutes or until reduced to about 1/3 cup. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Stir lime juice, remaining olive oil (2 tsp), cayenne and salt into the pineapple juice.
• Arrange salad greens in a serving platter and top with the radish, red pepper, red onion and mango. Arrange pork slices down center of salad. Sprinkle with cilantro and drizzle with dressing. Toast remaining sesame seeds in an ungreased small skillet over medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Sprinkle over salad.

Steps:

• Cut tenderloin lengthwise in half; cut each half crosswise into thin slices. Toss pork with 1 tablespoon oil, salt and, if desired, pepper flakes. Cook pasta according to package directions., Place a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the pork; stir-fry 2-3 minutes or just until browned. Remove from pan; repeat with remaining pork., Stir-fry snap peas and red pepper in remaining oil 2-3 minutes or just until crisp-tender. Stir in marmalade, teriyaki sauce, brown sugar and garlic; cook 1-2 minutes longer. Return pork to pan. Add mango and cashews; heat through, stirring to combine. Serve with pasta.