Monkey Mountain Allied Forces: Complete Pike Meal

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Pike Honey Mustard

Serves 3-4

2 pieces pike (sashimi style)

salt (as needed)

a: 150ml vinegar

    2 tbsp sugar

    ½ tsp salt

b: 2 tbsp French mustard

    ½ tbsp honey

    ½ tbsp vinegar

dill (as desired)

[How to Cook]

① Fillet the pike into three pieces and wash with water. Pat with paper towel. Line up the pieces of fish and sprinkle liberally with salt (A). Refrigerate 30 minutes. In separate bowls, mix (a) and (b) ingredients.

② Rinse the salt off of the fish. Pat with paper towel until dry. Skin side up, line up the fish, pour on (a) and refrigerate 20 minutes.

③ Remove the small bones. Take off the skin, from the head side down the back (B). Dress with (b). Add chopped dill as desired.

Sesame Coated, Soy Sauce Dipped Pike

Serves 2

2 pieces pike

weak wheat flour (as needed)

white sesame (as needed)

140g (1 root) lotus root

2 green peppers

a: 1 tbsp soy sauce

    1 small tbsp sugar

    2 tbsp sake

vegetable oil as needed

[How to Cook]

① Fillet the pike into three pieces. Flour the skin and coat the opposite side with sesame seeds (C). Peel the lotus root and cut into 1 cm thick rings. Keeping the stem and seeds intact, cut the green pepper into rings. Mix (a)’s ingredients.

② Put vegetable oil in a hot frying pan. Cook the lotus root and green pepper over medium heat. Cook both sides and remove from pan.

③ In the remaining oil, cook the fish skin side down until 70% done, then flip and cook on the sesame side. Absorb the remaining oil with a paper towel. Flip the fish sesame side up. Return the lotus root and green peppers to the pan, add (a), (D).

Sanji: This pike is a unique and superb food!!!

Comic: Nah, today’s a day to drink sake!

Yeah! Eat, eat! It’s still a while ‘til the full course!