Posts Tagged: spot prawn

Restaurant / Seafood — View Comments
13
Jul 10

Hapa Izakaya’s Spot Prawn Sashimi

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Hapa Spot Prawn Sashimi
Last month in the midst of spot prawn season in Vancouver, I enjoyed the creativity of different chefs and how they used spot prawn in their cooking. In my humble opinion simple tastes best and Hapa blew me away with how simple and delicious their spot prawn sashimi dish was. I have always enjoyed amaebi (sweet shrimp) sashimi and was pleased to discover how juicy and sweet the spotted prawns were.

The next day, inspired by the dish, I went to the fishing boats at Granville Island and bought 1 lb of freshly caught spot prawns and brought it home for a feast with some friends from out of town.

We didn’t have all the fixings that came along with the Hapa dish (lemon, radish slices, dill) but we did have the main ingredient: fresh spot prawns. We were all smiles after our feast.

Anytime you have a chance to get fresh spotted prawns or even the side striped prawns, try eating it sashimi style – you won’t regret it.

Summary

Preparation Time: 5 min (cleaning, peeling)
Servings: 4
Cost: $12/lb
Meal type: Appetizer

Recipe Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Fresh spotted prawns
  • Slices of radish
  • Slices of lemon
  • Sprigs of dill
  • Soy sauce and wasabi

Instructions

1. Wash prawns
Fresh Spot Sashimi
2. Peel prawns
Fresh Spot Sashimi
3. Serve with lemon, dill, radish
4. For the brave, the head is definitely edible. Many people like to pan fry or deep fry the head before eating.
5. Dip with soy sauce and wasabi.

Results

Hapa Spot Prawn Sashimi
I thoroughly enjoyed how delicious and fresh this dish was. Thanks to Hapa Izakaya for the inspiration.

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Recipe / Restaurant / Side Dish — View Comments
14
Apr 10

Red Fish Blue Fish Spicy Spotted Prawn Mayo

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Go Fish is definitely my favourite fish and chips stand in Vancouver. Especially now that it’s sunny and biking the seawall has become a part of my regular routine – it is impossible to pass Go Fish without wanting to stop. Luckily, the long lineups deter me from stopping by everyday.

Anyway, during my trip to Victoria, Irene took me to Go Fish’s sister restaurant – Red Fish Blue Fish, which is equally awesome and has more items on the menu like the cod dog and fish poutine!

They operate out of a shipping container, complete with a green roof. Their space is a little bigger than Go Fish and provides more space to sit and enjoy your meal on the pier.
green roof A local fisherman provides most of their fish and they are a member of Ocean Wise.
Fish Stand
The salmon fish and chips and tuna tacones are my favourite things to order on the menu. I was so excited to hear that Irene got the recipe for Red Fish Blue Fish tuna tacones for us!! And, more importantly, I was excited to re-create their Spicy Spot Prawn Mayo!!

There were live spotted prawns at the grocery store so I got 6 of them, which was half a pound. They didn’t have any fresh albacore tuna at the seafood counter though, so I bought cod instead. Unfortunately, this means that instead of making the Tuna Tacones, we just made our own version of fish tacos. We’ll still share the recipe for the Spicy Spot Prawn Mayo!

Summary

Preparation Time: 10 mins (peeling shrimp)
Cook Time: 5 mins (flash fry and blending)
Servings: 1 small mayonnaise jar
Meal type: Sauce
Grocery Cost: $7.26

Recipe Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound of spotted prawns $4.77 (6 medium sized)
  • 1/2 ounce canola oil
  • 1 1/2 ounce Sriracha hot sauce
  • 1 ounce lime juice
  • 1 ounce Mirin (I used Rice Vinegar)
  • 1 tsp sea salt and pepper mix
  • 2 cups mayonnaise $2.49 (I used the whole small jar of mayonnaise)

Instructions

1. Peel prawns.
2. Heat pan on high heat with canola oil.
3. Flash sear the prawns – wait until pan and oil is very hot, then put prawns in for only a few seconds (about 5) per side.
4. Original instructions say to add all ingredients, except mayonnaise, to deglaze the pan, but I had nothing stuck in my pan to deglaze.
5. Put all ingredients, except the mayonnaise, into a food processor and thoroughly process it.
Food Processor
6. Push the contents through a china cap or fine sieve ( I skipped this step ).
7. Vigorously whip mixture into mayonnaise. I just used a whisk, but if you have an immersion blender that would be even better.
Whip

Variations

Maybe next time I’ll try to make my own mayonnaise while I’m at it. There are other mayo combinations at Go Fish and Red Fish Blue Fish, such as the Wasabi Mayo, that would be fun to try.

Results

Spicy Spotted Prawn Mayo
DELICIOUS! Since I love the Tuna Tacones so much, I was delighted to make this sauce. I made about 20 rolls and still have plenty of mayo to spare. I have no idea how long it will last in the Fridge, but I gave it away so that I could experiment with other mayonnaise flavours!

Here are ideas of how to use the Spicy Spot Prawn Mayo:
Fish TacoOur version of the Fish Taco
Fish Taco VietOur Vietnamese version of the Fish Taco
Fish PoutineSpicy Pacific Fish Poutine at Red Fish Blue Fish

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