24 california fish Recipes

vegetable oil, shallot, thinly sliced and separated into rings, tamarind pulp (from a pliable block), boiling-hot water, sugar, soy sauce, asian fish sauce, fresh lime juice, firm-ripe california avocados, minced peeled fresh ginger, garlic clove, minced, fresh thai chiles or 1 serrano, stemmed and minced (including seeds), salt, shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per lb), peeled , leaving tail and first segment of shell intact, and deveined, roasted salted peanuts, chopped, jasmine rice, garnish: fresh cilantro sprigs

romaine lettuce (1 costco bag, use 4 or 5 hearts, washed and cut up into bite size pieces), fancy mixed salad (2/3 costco bag), fresh mint leaves (1/2 bunch) - just leaves , don tsp cut, fresh cilantro (1 handful) - just leaves, bean sprouts (2 large handfuls ), tomatoes (4)- cut into eighths for medium size tomato, english cucumbers (2) - peeled and cut into long strips similar to california roll, red onion - (1 medium or 1/2 large onion) cut into thin strips (use thickest setting on japanese slicer, cut onion in half through the stem first), rotisserie chicken (1 whole) - shredded but not too small, dressing, sweet chili sauce - 1 large bottle, fish sauce - 6 tbsp, fresh squeezed lime - juice from 2 limes , massage limes before cutting and squeezing, fresh crushed garlic - do not use minced garlic , crush whole peeled cloves for best results - 8 cloves

avocado (preferably california ), fresh lemon juice for rubbing the avocado, fresh lime juice plus 2 lime slices, halved, for garnish if desired, water plus, if desired, additional to thin the sauce, chopped scallion, ground cumin, a pinch of cayenne , or to taste, sour cream, two 1/2-lb halibut steaks, seasoned with salt and pepper, olive oil for brushing the fish, chopped seeded tomato for garnish