On "Modern Marvels: 'Hot and Spicy'" (History channel) TV program...
Useless Fact #1:
80% of the world's horseradish supply is grown in Illinois, USA.
Useless Fact #2:
In Japan, wasabi is used in toothpaste for it's antibacterial properties.
Useless Fact #3:
At the Tabasco plant, on one...
1 tbs Lime juice
3 tbs Ponzu sauce (or soy)
1 dime size blob of wasabi (I use the premade tube)
1/2 dime size blob of ginger (I use the premade tube)
1 squirt srihacha chili sauce
1 can low sodium V8 juice
1 1/2 oz vodka (who am i kidding-make it 2 oz)
Shake all ingredients with ice and serve...
This is an awesome portable snack if your diet will allow it:
Canned or soaked overnight chickpeas. If canned, rinse them well!
bake them in the oven for about 30 mins at 350
I put them on a pizza stone when I bake them so they get a bit crisp.
pull them out, spray with a little bit of...
Ingredients
3-1/3 cups short-grain rice, washed
4 cups water
3 inch square konbu (giant kelp)
Dressing
5 Tbs plus 1 tsp rice vinegar
2 to 5 Tbs sugar
4 tsp sea salt
Preparation
Put rice in heavy bottomed medium-sized pot or rice cooker and add the
water.
Wipe konbu clean with a damp cloth...
Yield: 8 Servings
2 c Cooked flaked fish (white)
1 c Milk
7 tb Flour
1 ts Salt
1/8 ts Wasabi powder
3 tb Oil
1/2 ts Worstershire sauce
3 ts Grated onion
1 ea Egg
Bread crumbs or Panko
Here's one for the 'Something New Jan 2002...
Yield: 4 Servings
1 lb Aku or Ahi (Tuna)
1/2 c Worstershire sauce (brown)
1/2 c Shoyu (soy sauce)
1/4 ts Wasabi powder
Now this is a simple and delicious mainstay in my home. What you need is
really *fresh* fish. To tell if it is fresh enough, sniff it and if it...
Yield: 8 servings
3 lb salmon fillet
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon wasabi powder
8 oz bag Yukon gold potato chips, crushed
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise and wasabi powder. Place the salmon on a greased baking...
2 oz. Vodka
n/a 7-UP
1 oz. Creme de Banana
1.5 oz. Midori Melon Liqueur
0.2 oz. Wasabi
Shake all spirits with Wasabi and ice.
Strain.
Fill up with 7-up
2 oz. Gin
dash Orange Bitters
n/a Wasabi
Combine gin, few dashes of BOLS Bitter Orange and 1/2 tsp.
of wasabi in a shaker half-filled with ice.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
garnish with a twist of orange.
1 duck egg
1 oz. wasabi powder
4 oz. peanut oil
1 oz. rice vinegar
salt and pepper, to taste
Place egg and wasabi powder in blender or food processor; combine. Slowly incorporate peanut oil; adjust with vinegar. Season.
3 tbsp. sweet chili sauce
1 tsp. soy sauce
6 ahi tuna loins, trimmed, 4 oz. each
1 sweet potato, julienne
2 eggs
salt and pepper, to taste
6 oz. zucchini, julienne
6 oz. yellow squash, julienne
6 oz. jicama, julienne
6 oz. cucumber, pared, seeded, julienne
4 oz. carrots, julienne
3 oz. canola...
Wasabi Vinaigrette
Seared Tuna
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS
6 fried wonton baskets
6 (1-oz.) bunches mixed greens
6 pickled ginger roses
TO SERVE
Place marinated vegetable portion between 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock positions on plate, 1 in. from edge. Place wonton basket near center of plate. Dip...
Note: an electric fan is helpful in making this
3 cups short-grain white rice
3 1/2 cups water
1 small(3") bundle of konbu (dried rolled kelp)
seasoning:
1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
Rinse rice well for about 5 min. Let drain in colander for about 1/2 hr. In sauce...