Treasure Chest

One-Pot Feast of The Seven+ Fishes (edited) Festa dei sette pesci AKA The Vigil, it is a Catholic Italian-American celebration of the Christmas Eve with several seafood-based dish. Ingredients: 1/2 pound Medium Dry-Packed Scallops 1/2 pound Skinless Salmon fillet 1/2 pound White-fleshed Fish 1 can Small Oysters 1 tablespoon EVOO 1/2 cup White Wine 1/2 cup Water 12 Clams, scrubbed 1 pound Mussels, cleaned 1 ounce/can Canned Anchovy fillets, chopped, oil reserved 1 medium Fennel Bulb, cored and sliced, fronds reserved 4 Garlic cloves, chopped 1 teaspoon Orange Zest 1 (28-oz.) can Tomatoes 1 teaspoon Tomato Paste 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1/2 pound Medium Raw Shrimp peeled and deveined  1 loaf Toasted French Bread Method: Let scallops, salmon, and white fish come to room temperature. Heat oil in a 26cm to 30cm LC over medium-high. Seared scallops; cook until they develop a golden-brown crust on one side, about 2 minutes. Remove from pan, and set aside. Optional - Add oil

Stir Fried Swamp Eel 紅燒黃蟮 Ingredients: Swamp Eel 炒黃蟮 2lbs Kosher Salt 5Tsp Garlic 8 cloves minced Ginger 4 slices minced Green Onion 3 bundles Cooking Oil 4Tsp Seasoning 1: Bean Paste  1/2Tsp Dark Soy Sauce 2Tsp Soy Sauce 2 1/2Tsp Hoi Sin Sauce 1 1/2Tsp Seasoning 2: Hot Water 1cup Rock Sugar 1Tsp or 4 small dice Cooking Wine 2Tsp Red Pepper Flakes 1tsp Corn Starch + Water Mixed 1Tsp each Method: Throughly rinse and clean swamp eel until not bloody anymore. Cut eel into approximately 2" long chucks and or into 2" long and skinny strips, if not already done so by fish monger. Drain eel and place them into a plastic bag.  Add up to 5 Tsp of Kosher salt to eel.  Close/seal the bag and rubbed the eel from the outside of the bag.  This will clean the eel's skin. After rubbing and cleaning the eel skin for a couple minutes, rinse and drain the eel.  The cleaned eel should be shinny and not bloody.  Set aside. Minced 8 cloves of garlic and 4 piece