Seared Salmon with Asian Five Spices, Vegetable Spring Roll, Spicy Adzuki Bean Paste, and Shredded Daikon Salad with an Aged Soy and Caramel Sauce

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   Season the salmon with salt, pepper, and five-spice powder.

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   Sear the fish-skin side first.

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   Allow to get crispy.

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   Flip the fish and allow coloring on the flesh side.

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   Remove the skin and allow to marinate in soy.

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   Reserve the salmon and crisp the skin in a hot pan or on a griddle until crispy.

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   For the adzuki paste: Sweat the ginger, garlic, and red onion and add the beans.

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   Then cover with chicken stock.

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   Add rice vinegar, orange juice, lime leaf, red pepper flakes, and mirin.

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    Cook slowly until tender, about 2 hours.

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    Puree in a food processor and add butter and allow to cool.

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    Prepare a salad with the shredded daikon and carrot and toss with the mirin, lemon, and oil as dressing.

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    Prepare the vegetable rolls by quickly sauteing all the vegetables quickly in sesame oil with ginger garlic and scallion added.

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    Allow to cool, then some of the filling in egg roll wrappers, and seal with egg wash. Fry just before serving, and cut on a bias.

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    For the sauce, prepare a caramel using the sugar and a little water.

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    To stop the caramel once the sugar is dark enough add the fish stock.

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    Adjust with a little tamari, and finish with lime juice.

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    The product should be thick but easily pourable.

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    Plate the salmon with some skin as garnish, the adzuki paste, salad, and a vegetable roll.

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    Drizzle the plate with the sauce.

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    This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant.

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    The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.