(Family Features) Cooking delicious family meals is surely the focus of many home chefs, from quick dishes on busy weeknights to homestyle favorites on the weekend. Equally important, however, is dishing up foods and ingredients you can feel good about serving to your loved ones.
The next time seafood is on the menu, consider the source of your main course. Available fresh, frozen, smoked, and canned year-round and nationwide, seafood from Alaska is sustainably harvested, and you can trust it comes from a responsibly managed fishery. Utilizing a science-based approach, the state sustains the long-term vitality of species and their natural habitats, as well as the fishing communities that rely on them.
Fishermen and scientists work together to ensure they only harvest what science tells them the ecosystem can support, so that fish stocks, communities, and the marine environment can thrive for generations to come.
Wild, sustainable, and harvested in the USA, Alaska seafood is full of flavor and high-quality protein, vitamins, minerals, and oils essential to good health, including omega-3s and vitamin D. You can feel good serving your loved ones these Spicy Alaska Sablefish in Lettuce Cups with Korean chili paste, miso, and honey.
Visit alaskaseafood.org to find more information and family-friendly recipes.
Spicy Alaska Sablefish in Lettuce Cups
Recipe courtesy of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 (2 lettuce cups each)
1/4 cup yellow or white miso
1 tablespoon Korean chili paste
1 tablespoon honey
1 pound Alaska sablefish (black cod), cut into 2-ounce portions
nonstick cooking spray
1 small avocado, pitted, peeled, and chopped
1-1 1/4 cups cooked sushi rice or quinoa
1/2 cup chopped English cucumber
1/4 cup thinly sliced halved radish
1/2 cup pickled ginger, chopped
1/2 cup bottled Asian-style salad dressing with wasabi and ginger
8 medium-large butter lettuce leaves
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
Preheat the oven to 450 F.
Blend miso, chili paste, and honey; spread onto Alaska sablefish portions. Place portions on nonstick cooking spray-coated, foil-lined baking sheet. Roast 5-7 minutes, or until fish is opaque throughout and deep golden brown; cool slightly.
In a mixing bowl, combine avocado, rice or quinoa, cucumber, radishes, and ginger; pour in the dressing. Toss to coat.
To serve, place about 1/3 cup vegetable-rice mixture in each lettuce leaf. Top with one sablefish portion. Sprinkle each lettuce cup with 1 tablespoon of cilantro leaves.
Source: Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
