With food prices ever-increasing with no sign of that changing anytime soon, I'm always looking for something new, different and reasonably priced to add to menus in my column, the "7-Day Menu Planner." As much as I love salmon, tilapia, tuna, halibut, scallops and shrimp and other such water-beings for various reasons, I don't like the price of some of them. Consequently, I've used salmon, shrimp and tilapia often on my menus because of price and flavor. Having had arctic char in a restaurant recently, I thought I'd give it a try and see if it met my criteria of price, ease of preparation and flavor. Yes, it did! You''ll see the recipe in my column the week of August 28.
For our piece of mind, experts say that arctic char is sustainably caught. Arctic Char are routinely available and have a flavor somewhere between salmon and trout with a pinkish color. You might have to ask for them, depending on your fish department or you may find them frozen as I did at Trader Joes. Either way, try them.
Thawed and ready to cook.
In the skillet
The potatoes, olives and parsely for the side dish
Ready to eat!
Looks fabulous! I purchased my artic char at Trader Joe's, too. It's thawing now - so I am anxious to try it out. It made the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch's Top 10 list -- so I had to try it! Thanks for the cooking tips and pix!
-VSR
Posted by: Victoria Shanta Retelny | 06/23/2011 at 01:26 PM