"Mu Curry" and I dont mean "Moo"

[blaiz]

Well this is one of my favorite ways to cook Mu (Bigeye Emperor). This is a great preparation for any flaky and soft to firm white meat fish. Hope you enjoy

1-1.5 to 2lb Mu (scaled and gutted) I like cooking the whole fish because you get to enjoy the cheeks and the wings!!


Curry

2 cans of coconut milk
2 hefty tbl spns green curry paste
2 tbl spns fresh ginger
2 cloves minced garlic
Juice of one lemon
chili powder to taste ( I like it spicy so I use 1.5tbl spoons or more!)
1/2 tbl spn fresh mint (optional)

whisk all the above mentioned in a large mixing bowl ad s & p to taste

2 small heads of broccoli (chopped)
1 can boiled bamboo shoots (strained)
1 green bell chopped into thin strips
carrots cut into thin strips
1/2 yellow or in my case maui onion

line edges of a large bake pan with the veggies listed above
preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

start by sataying cross cutting the sides of the Mu and placing it in a large fry pan with olive oil and garlic on low heat (only about 1 minute on either side to "carmalize" skin, take care not to burn) OPTIONAL

Next place Mu in bake pan with veggies, add curry, sprinkly salt, pepper, and chili powder over whole pan.

If you like your veggies a little more crispy you can add them 5 - 7 minutes into the bake (opional)

Cover with tin foil

place in oven for 10 to 15 minutes (checking periodically)

Serve with jasmin rice(or brown rice for you tree huggers out there) and a ice cold kirin
Da Kaukau is Ono!

Aloha
Jake
P.S. No forget da cheeks

[settingsteel]

Looks purdy good blaize!!!I'd sub the Kirin for Asahi Super Dry

[Mongrel454]

Looks good besides you left the head on :P
I love my fish but not too sure about the head

[blaiz]

Dude! once you eat the cheeks!! You will never throw away another head!! I dont know what type of fish you usually shoot but you gotta give the cheeks a try!

[devondave]

Originally Posted by blaiz

Dude! once you eat the cheeks!! You will never throw away another head!! I dont know what type of fish you usually shoot but you gotta give the cheeks a try!

Eating the cheeks on all fish should be mandatory , a good hunter wastes nothing ! Try the eyeballs too (seriously ) . A chef I know saves all the cheeks from the restaurant and makes chefy treats on a Friday .

[settingsteel]

Gotta love them cheeks...Ask Hannibal Lechter...kidding aside cheeks are total Gourmet, Groupers have tremendous cheeks, and as for the head...a 30" grouper's head will feed 6 people

[Spaniard]

Mmmmmmmm Curry.......................

[blaiz]

Dont forget fish head soup!

[settingsteel]

Originally Posted by blaiz

Dont forget fish head soup!

Yep Heads always good

[blaiz]

Originally Posted by settingsteel

Yep Heads always good

You couldnt resist coud you!

[Marwan]

i caught a big eye emperor this last trip, head shot and all (very proud i must say ) anyway, besides curry, i was thinking of grilling or maybe roasting in the oven with veggies...seeing youre the mu expert here blaiz any ideas you would recommend?

[Crazys13]

Can anyone describe the taste of the eyeballs to me? I also want to try cooking a whole fish sometime soon, instead of just the filet. Changes things up a bit. The fish we usually shoot around here called blackfish, or tautog, has a pretty good bit of head meat that is tough to filet off, but I bet it sure is tasty!

Thanks for the recipe, I think I may give it a try (if I have some good luck this weekend!)

-John

[blaiz]

Originally Posted by Marwan

i caught a big eye emperor this last trip, head shot and all (very proud i must say ) anyway, besides curry, i was thinking of grilling or maybe roasting in the oven with veggies...seeing youre the mu expert here blaiz any ideas you would recommend?

Mu is also really good steamed. Steam it with your veggies and when its done heat up some peanut oil, place some ginger on the fillet or fish and pour the hot peanut oil over the top good stuff.

Or filet the mu, bread it w/ panko and coconut, satee it and make an ioli sauce or a buerr blanc sauce.

[feign]

Looks great. Awesome eating fish. Those are hard fish to spear. I have only shot two, but tried stalking on a hundred probably.

[Marwan]

i found that when diving down v e r y s l o w l y... and not looking or moving directly at them they tend to be a lot calmer in your presence and allow top get cloer for a shot...of course they do know your breath hold capacity (yes your individual breath hold capacity ) as well as the range/reach of your gun and have their way with you...