I had no idea how easy it is to steam fish until I watched the rouxbe.com video (below) and I had no idea how beautiful mahimahi looks…while alive. Luke, who actually cooked the fish for us today in a matter of 8 minutes, said that when he went on a fishing boat tour with his friend Howard the fisherman (back when we lived in Hawaii) he was amazed and horrified.
The mahimahi comes flying out of the water, struggling with the power and ferocity of a wild animal fighting for its life — makes sense, that was happening — and the color of the fish was shimmering and blue green and beautiful. But as the life force drained away, so did the color. By the time it lay still and lifeless, the once intense slice of rainbow was entirely gone and the fish looked grey and dull as if it never had been any different.
So here’s a video, courtesy of my friends at Rouxbe.com, on steaming basics that Luke applied to mahimahi. (more…)

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