So we walked into the fish market at the Gushikawa/Awase pier, and found a bunch of yummy ocean creatures that I had many many plans for! Only problem is...I hate frozen fish. Even if its super fresh, the freezer does something pretty nasty to fish. So I bought just enough to make two meals.
1- Two small white fish, to make 5 fish tacos.
2- I asked the guys who clean, scale and fillet the fish, to bag up the bones and heads. In the same bag we bought 4 swimmer crabs. They were adorable (and yes still alive!!!) Little blue, grey and silver crabs, with very little meat. Primarily used to flavor broth for soups and stews. Which was what I wanted the heads, bones and crabs for!
~I added a mixture of veggies (mushrooms, leeks, cabbage, and carrots) to water mixed with a touch of miso paste and soy.
Top w/ fish heads and bones.
~Lucky for me, the fish market guys chopped the crabs in half, and by the time we got home and the little guys sat in the fridge for about a hour, they seemed to be dead. So it was no problem for me to throw them into the stew steamer and not feel guilty about me being the one who killed the little guys!So I topped the stew w/ the crabs.
~I seasoned w/ some garlic salt, fresh ground pepper and some chunks of butter, and we were really to rock and roll!!!!
There was no time, or desire to take pictures of the aftermath, because everyone ran into the kitchen to get their bowl full of stew and dig in! My house smelled amazing, and the stew tasted even better then it smelled!!!This is defiantly something I will make often! We all loved it, despite Sophia being slightly afraid of the crab shells...Shes a girl, and things like this are scary!
