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Miso Honey Butter Glazed Fish Recipe

As you all know, my husband Bo loves to cook.  You can find him in the kitchen every weekend and during vacations whipping up meals and brainstorming new recipes. For him it is both a stress reliever and hobby. This week, while he enjoyed a week off from work, he asked me for any dinner requests since he was hoping to cook each night.

Always a fan of seafood, I requested an Asian seafood dish. Bo bought the ingredients on Sunday, in hopes of cooking an elaborate dish Monday night. Unfortunately, Katie came down with another round of croup which meant the start of our week was focused on comforting her. Instead of an elaborate dish he created this recipe in just minutes and upon tasting it, we both decided that this marinade and the recipe is one of our new favorite dishes.

While he used the glaze on snapper, it could work on almost any fish, especially cod, sea bass or salmon.

Miso Butter Glazed Snapper

Glaze Ingredients
4 tablespoons butter
2.5 tablespoons white miso paste
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

  • Soften butter then whisk all ingredients together until well combined.

Fish Marinade
1 cup sake
1 cup mirin
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons grape seed or other neutral oil

  • Whisk marinade ingredients together.
  • Score snapper on skin side, perpendicular to the filet.
  • Place in marinade and refrigerate for 30 minutes – 2 hours.
  • Heat enough oil to coat large skillet to medium high heat, place fillets skin side down when oil is hot.
  • Press fillets down on pan with spatula to prevent curling.
  • Cook for 4-6 minute, until skin crispy.
  • Transfer to broiler pan (preheated high) and brush each fillet with 2 tablespoons miso honey butter glaze.
  • Place under high broiler until glaze speckled brown in spots, remove and plate then drizzle remaining liquid from broiler pan on top of fish.
  • Serve with rice and roasted green beans and sprinkling of sesame seeds.
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One Fish, Two Fish…

If you are a seafood lover who happens to be in New York City, then Fish must swim to the top of your list.
Saturday night, Bo and I stumbled upon Fish while searching for a backup location with our two friends, Geoff and Elizabeth, after our first restaurant option ended up being a dissapointment. What do you do when your planned restaurant ends up being completely empty on a Saturday night? If you’re in the Village you have the great opportunity to just keep walking. It is guaranteed that you’ll discover a hole in the wall you never knew existed and often times end up loving it!
Fish was in a word…excellent. The unassuming restaurant doesn’t look like much from the outside and in fact could be confused for a fish monger or a dive bar. But, once you walk through the doors you are immediately greeted by a warm atmosphere, bistro like setting, and great music! The restaurant was packed when we arrived but luckily there was one free table. After being seated we were promptly given warm delicious rolls and cornbread each of which was very fresh and tasty. The menu is vast and offers everything from the traditional lobster roll to a gourmet seafood tower. The restaurant is well known for their Red, White, and Blue special. This special features a 1/2 dozen oysters and a Pabst Blue Ribbon for $8!
It took us a while to order anything beyond our beers since we were all in such a great mood and enjoying the atmosphere. The great music combined with the flowing beers made us quite a humurous bunch as you can see from the pictures. Due to our hunger we finally settled on an appetizer to share, the seafood tower. The tower included crab claws, oysters, clams, and sea urchin. I had never tried sea urchin before and was therefor a bit hesitant but it was divine!
Our dinner ideas were all over the place as I was craving fresh fish while Bo had his eye on the lobster roll. However, once the waitress came over and shared the specials with us the decision was a no brainer. Fish features a lobster special each night. For $18 you get a lobster feast which includes a lobster and two sides of your choice. In addition, it is only $12 to add an extra lobster. Therefore, we quickly decided that we would all order lobster dinners. Finding a restaurant in NYC where four people can enjoy a delcious lobster dinner for $100 is unfathomable.
All of us were extremely pleased with the freshness and simply prepared seafood we enjoyed all night. The lobsters were huge and some of the best we’ve ever tasted. The service was friendly and prompt. Even more impressive is the price point. I am sure they are able to deliver such wonderful price points due to the savings they must find by having a dive bar atmosphere but it makes the restaurant. It never crosses too far into the dive bar realm that you fear your seafood’s quality or that you’ll get a disease when you enter the bathroom. Even the esteemed Zagat agrees that Fish is a great neighborhood gem! Their latest rankings are as follows:
Ratings & Review
Food Decor Service Cost

22 14 19 $ 39
“They’ve done the fishing for you” at this “Cape Cod”–style Villager, an “unpretentious” source of “palatable” “basic seafood” and raw-bar fare served amid “divey” “nautical” decor; if “you’re watching your pennies”, the “oyster special is amazing.”


I highly recommend giving Fish a try if you’re craving bivalves or fresh fish. The atmosphere is conducive to a large group of friends as no one will tell you to be quiet or stop playing with the lobsters. In addition, if you’re in the neighborhood they even offer free delivery!


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Bears love fish on Valentine’s Day

I just realized that I never shared pictures from our first Valentine’s Day together doing what we love most, exploring Chelsea Market for inspiration and ingredients and then cooking together over wonderful wine. After seeing the fresh seafood we knew that we had to take advantage of the incredible selection. We purchased a dozen oysters across various types:
 
 After that we moved down to their fresh fish and decided that grouper looked absolutely amazing! We can rarely find quality grouper at our grocery store downstairs so were delighted by Chelsea Market’s selection. We used this grouper in our favorite Savannah recipe, Almond Crusted Grouper. This is influenced by the famous favorite at Elizabeth’s on 37th, one of Savannah’s top restaurants for over 15 years. I highly suggest this recipe as it’s very simple, delicious, and can be used on different fish.
Bo’s Almond Crusted Grouper
Ingredients:
6 6oz grouper filets
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp water
1 egg beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp hot chili sauce
1 c Wheat Thins (crushed)
1/2 c grated asiago
1/4 c chopped toasted almonds
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1/4 c minced italian parsley
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp evoo
2 tbsp minced tarragon
Heat oven to 425
Butter a shallow baking pan
In bowl combine sesame oil through hot chili sauce.
In a food processor combine Wheat thins through tarragon- transfer to shallow dish.
Dip fish in marinade then in crumb mix
Place on baking pan (do not let them touch each other)
Drizzle fish with evoo and butter
Roast for 20 minutes.
ENJOY!

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