Friday Dinner: Fried fish in vinegar marinade

Tonight's dinner has a Southeast Asian flavor to it.

Fried fish in vinegar marinade (for 3-4 people):
Thinly sliced onion (1 cup)
Julienned Carrot (1/2 cup)
Chopped cilantro (a bunch)
Rice vinegar (1 cup)
Sugar (2 Tbsp)
Salt (2 tsp)
Soy sauce (2 tsp)
Chili peppers (1/4 tsp)
Tuna (15 oz)
Potato starch (as needed)
Oil (as needed)

1. Mix everything well except for the fish, potato starch, and oil.
2. Cut tuna into 1/2 inch thick pieces. Put potato starch on the fish pieces.
3. Heat oil in a pot. It just needs to be about 1 to 1.5 inch deep. When the oil gets hot enough so when you put a wooden chop stick into the oil, little bubbles shoot out of the tip of the chop stick, put the fish in. Fry until the edges get brown.
4. Put fried fish on paper towel to get rid of excess oil. While it's still hot, put it into the marinade mixture. You can serve right away or let it marinade for a while.

For vegetables, you can also put sliced red/yellow peppers. To make it even more Southeast Asian, you can add some fish oil. This dish goes well with rice.

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Wednesday Dinner: Seared pork with mango salsa

Tonight's dinner was very colorful. All the bright colors definitely boost your appetite.

The recipes were taken from Cooking Light magazine.

Basically, you rub a mixture of chili powder, salt, and allspice onto center-cut loin pork chops then sear them. For mango salsa, peeled and chopped mango is mixed with fresh mint, lemon juice, sugar, and crushed red pepper.

For roasted sweet potatoes, toss cut sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt, cumin, and ground red pepper. Then bake them in the oven at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.

I served salad on the side.

So, the pork chops were not as tasty as I thought they would be. The spices didn't really give enough taste to the pork. Maybe more salt had to be added...

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Tuesday Dinner: Chicken with almond crust

This dinner was really simple and quick. Couscous is a great source of carbohydrate for quick dinner because it takes only like 10 minutes to make!

For chicken with almond crust, use the smooth side of a meat tenderizer to pound out chicken breast so the thickness would be even. Salt and pepper both sides. Brush on honey Dijon mustard on both sides then put sliced almonds. Sear chicken breast with olive oil.

Actually, the almonds didn't really form a crust like I hoped because they got stuck on the pan. Maybe if I used a non-stick pan, they might have stayed on the chicken... not sure.

I also roasted asparagus in the oven and cooked couscous.

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