Caramelized Steelhead Trout Bowl

Ingredients

1/4C              Soy Sauce

1/4C              Pickled ginger juice from the ginger jar

1T                 Fresh ginger, chopped

4ea                Garlic cloves, chopped          

1T                 Toasted sesame oil

                      Chili flakes to taste

1-1/2lb           Steelhead trout, skin on,  cut into bite sized chunks

                      More sesame oil for cooking

3T                 Dark brown sugar

4C                 Cooked rice

Ingredients for the cucumber salad

2ea                Avocados, 1/2 inch chunks

2ea                Small cucumbers, chopped

2T                 Chopped pickled ginger

1ea                Jalapeno, sliced

1/2C              Fresh cilantro, chopped

1/4C              Green onions, chopped

2T                 Toasted sesame oil

2T                 Sesame seeds

1C                 Pomegranate arils (optional)

Process

Mix the soy sauce, ginger juice, ginger, garlic, toasted sesame oil, in a shallow dish

Season with chili flakes

Add the trout, getting the chunks mostly submerged

Marinate for 1 hour or all day

Combine all of the salad ingredients, and season with salt

Heat a couple of tablespoons of sesame oil in a large skillet over high heat

Rub the trout with brown sugar

Place the trout pieces, skin side face up in the skillet

Sear until brown, about 2 minutes

Flip and let the skin get crispy

Lower the heat to low

Add the marinade and simmer for 3 minutes

Cut into a piece to see if it is done the way you like it

If not, continue cooking until it is

When done to your satisfaction, take off the heat

Spoon the trout over the bowls of rice

Top with the cucumber salad

Serve

600 Calories per serving