Sesame Salmon

Sesame Salmon
By May Huang



Ingredients:
1. 0.75 lb salmon filet
2. 1.5 t lemon pepper,
3. 1 t corn starch
4. 1 egg white, well beaten
5. 2-3 T canola oil
6. 1 T cooking wine
7. 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
8. ½ t hot sauce or hot pepper (optional)
9. 1 t sesame seeds, toasted
10. 1 stalk green onion, stripped

Directions:
1. Marinate fish: Cut the fish into 1.5 - 2 inch in length, 1 – 1.5 inch width, 0.5 - 0.75 inch in height, and place the fish to a container. Add the ingredients 2-4 to the fish container, and mix everything well, and set the container aside for at least 30 minutes
2. Cook fish: Use a non-stick fry pan, heat the oil with medium heat, and add the fish to the pan when the oil is hot enough but not smoke. Make sure there is only one layer of the fish in the pan. Cook the fish for about one minute. Add cooking wine, garlic and hot sauce. Cover the pan, and continue to cook the fish for few minutes. One side of fish should be light gold brown when it is done. Transfer the fish to a serving plate. Sprinkle the sesame on the top of the fish, place the green onion strips on the top of the fish.

Tip: The length and width of fish piece does not matter, but it does matter for the thickness of fish pieces. The thinner the piece, the shorter the cooking time, therefore, the tender fish.