Adobo Seasoning
Adobo is an all-purpose seasoning salt used in many Latino countries. Adobo marries the flavor of garlic, turmeric, oregano with cumin (has salt also). Makes any food a comfort food and smells wonderful when cooking. Sprinkle onto any seafood prior to cooking. Can be found at most grocery stores and many meat markets.
Categories: Adobo Seasoning, Spices Tags: Adobo Seasoning, cumin, garlic, oregano, seafood, spices, turmeric
Basil
Basil tastes gives a sweet-scented, minty aroma when crumbled over fish. It blends well with garlic, thyme, and oregano. Crush dried leaves with your hand or in a mortar and pestle to release it’s flavor. Remember to wait until the last few minutes of cooking to add basil as its flavor will be sweeter and fresher.
Use this marinade with a firm fleshed fish like swordfish, mahi mahi, or salmon steaks.
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. balsamic vinegar
- 3/4 c. olive oil
- Few drops hot pepper sauce
- 1/4 c. minced fresh basil (or 1/8 c. dried)
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
Instructions
Whisk together the vinegar, oil and hot pepper sauce. Stir in the basil. Pour over fish and marinate about 45 minutes, turning once, before grilling.
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Categories: Basil, Fresh Fish Recipes, Marinades, Spices Tags: basil, fish marinade, spices
Bay Leaves
Bay leaves can be used to create more pungent flavors. They carry a fragrant clove-like aroma and are commonly used in soups, stews, and seafood dishes. Be sure to remove whole bay leaves after cooking as it’s flavor will continue to increase if left in entree. Also known as sweet bay, sweet laurel, laurel leaf or bay laurel. Add to boiling water for shrimp, crab and other seafood. Can also be used in marinades for fish.
Below is a lemon based marinade for fish using bay leaves.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. lime juice
- 2 tbsp. fresh minced oregano or 2 tsp. dried oregano leaves
- 1 sm. clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
- 1/8 tsp. cayenne
- 6 to 8 bay leaves
Instructions
Mix ingredients together in a bowl. Place fish in bowl. Marinate your fish for 30 minutes at room temperature or refrigerate several hours.
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Categories: Bay Leaves, Fresh Fish Recipes, Marinades, Spices Tags: bay, bay leaves, spices
Anise
Anise, commonly called aniseed, has the sweet, pungent flavor of licorice. Ground anise is good for lightly flavoring fish dishes.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon anise seed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper (use more to taste)
- 1/2 cup of orange juice
- 24 large shrimp in shell (about 1 lb), peeled, leaving tail and first segment of shell intact, and deveined
Instructions
Toss the shrimp with anise, ginger, salt, pepper and orange juice in a bowl and marinate, chilled, for 30 minutes. Special note - do not marinate any longer or enzymes from ginger will begin to cook shrimp.
Grill shrimp.
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