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Seared Local Flounder |The Sportsman’s Table

Cooking a South Carolina favorite, seared flounder with Executive Chef Instructor Tom Mullally at the International Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach & Owner of “Strand Catering.” 

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Seared Flounder

Tom Mullally

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces grouper (2 fillets) or swap another firm white fish (such as halibut) Pinch salt, pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Procedure:

Pat fillets dry. Sprinkle them on both sides with salt and pepper.

Prepare a heavy pan with the olive oil and 1 TB butter. Heat on medium-high until butter is melted but not browned, then turn the heat down to medium.

Place the fillets in the pan and cook about 3-4 minutes. Don’t touch the fillets until they’re ready to flip.

Use a thin metal spatula to test the fish. If you can slide the spatula under the fish without the fish sticking to the pan, it’s ready to flip. If the fillets won’t release, give them another 30 seconds. They’ll release when they’ve finished cooking.

After flipping, divide the remaining 1 TB butter over both fillets.

Cook fish another 3-4 minutes until done. Fish will be golden on both the top and bottom and opaque all the way through when finished cooking.

Serve with desired sides.

Seared Duck Breast over Basmati Rice | The Sportsman’s Table

Executive Chef Instructor Tom Mullally shows Bob a seared duck recipe.

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Seared Duck Breast over Basmati Rice with Cranberry-Almond Cabernet Sauce, and fresh Vegetables

2 portions

Procedure:

  • Take two duck breasts and lightly season both sides with salt and pepper.
  • Heat a sauté pan with 2 tbsp of oil over medium-high heat and sear Duck Skin side down for about 2 minutes until duck skin is crispy, then flip duck onto other side for 2 minutes.
  • Finish the duck in a 400-degree oven for 7-10 minutes until duck has an internal temperature of 130 degrees for a medium pink breast.
  • ​Take a ½ cup of raw basmati rice and simmer in one cup of chicken stock over medium-low heat for about 25 minutes covered until rice is light and fluffy.
  • Add 1 tbsp of whole butter and season taste with salt and pepper.

Roasted Turkey Breast | The Sportsman’s Table

Chef Tom Mullally serves up a delicious holiday feast.

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Roasted Turkey Breast with Sweet Red Pepper Sauce, Homemade Stuffing, and Cranberry Almond Relish

Chef Tom Mullally | 4 Portions

Turkey Breast

Take a raw cleaned 24 oz. Turkey Breast and Season all sides with Salt & Pepper. Heat Oil in a pan on medium-high heat and sear all sides of the breast until golden brown.

Roast in a 400-degree oven for 15-20 minutes until an internal temperature of 160 degrees is reached.

Bread Stuffing

Take a half loaf of sliced white bread.  Cube and lightly toast in a 400-degree oven for 15-20 minutes.  Small dice on yellow onion, ½ a bunch of small dice celery and sauté in oil until cooked and translucent.  Add 2 tbsp of chopped fresh sage, 1 tbsp chopped Fresh thyme, and one teaspoon of poultry seasoning to the toasted cubed bread with the celery and onion in a large bowl.  Add about 2 cups of chicken stock and mix all together with a glove on and season with salt and pepper to taste.  Place in a casserole dish and bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Cranberry-Almond Relish​– 4 Portions

Take a 16 oz bag of fresh cranberries with 2 cups of granulated sugar and simmer on low about 30 minutes until cranberries become soft.  Add a touch more sugar if too acidic.  Now cool the relish.  Once the relish is cooled, add 3 tbsp of toasted almonds and 2 tbsp of diced scallions.  Adding 2 tbsp of chopped pickled ginger is optional.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Roasted Sweet Red Pepper Sauce – 4 Portions 

Take 3 whole red bell peppers and roast in a 425-degree oven for about 30-40 minutes until the pepper skin is black on all sides.  You will periodically have to rotate and turn the peppers every 10 minutes.  Once the pepper skin is black, place in a small bowl covered in plastic and let steam at room temperature for 15 minutes.  Now peel skin away, getting rid of the seeds also.

​Now chop the skinless, seedless bell pepper into one-inch pieces.  Take ½ of a yellow onion and small dice it.  Sauté the diced onion over medium heat until translucent.  Add the diced peppers to the diced onions with 1 pint of chicken or vegetable stock and reduce over medium-; low heat for 10-20 minutes until slightly thick. Now puree the sauce and season to taste with salt and pepper.

​Now that all your ingredients are cooked, it’s time to plate the sliced turkey breast, coating with the sweet red pepper sauce.  Add your bread stuffing to the plate, the cranberry relish, and your favorite choice of vegetables.

Shrimp Appetizer | The Sportsman’s Table

Veteran Sportsman’s Table Chef Tom Mullally serves up his delicious, eye catching (pun intended) Sautéed Shrimp over Field Peas with Grilled Corn off the Cob, Warm Crispy Bacon, And Sweet Corn Sauce.

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Sautéed Shrimp over Field Peas with Grilled Corn off the Cob, Warm Crispy Bacon, And Sweet Corn Sauce

Corn Sauce

Shuck Corn, Then cut the Cob into one inch pieces.  Take half of a yellow onion and cut into one inch pieces.  Put corn cob & onions in a medium pot with 4 cups of water and simmer over medium-low heat for 75-90 minutes in order to create a corn stock.  Strain corn stock and add ½ cup of heavy cream.  Reduce until it naturally thickens over medium-low heat and season to taste.

Grilled Corn off the Cob

Shuck 1 ear of corn and blanch in lightly salted water for 20 minutes over medium-low heat.  Then place on a grill to char each side.  Then shuck long strips off the cob.  Reheat in melted whole butter and season to taste.

Warm Crispy Bacon

Place 3 pieces of raw bacon in a 400 degree oven for 10-15 minutes until crispy.

Field Peas

Take one cup of fresh field peas and blanch in lightly salted water for 20-25 minutes until soft.  Strain, cool, and reheat in melted whole butter and season to taste

Shrimp

Take 9-10 pieces of peeled and deveined medium shrimp and sauté in 1 ounce of oil and 1 ounce of whole butter over medium-high heat with 1 TBSP minced shallot or onion, and 1 TSP minced garlic.  Season to taste and cook for 3-4 minutes

Plating

Place warmed field peas on the plate first.  Then garnish with grilled corn and crispy bacon.  How shingle the shrimp on top of peas, corn and bacon.  Now lace the completed dish with corn sauce.

Pork Tenderloin | The Sportsman’s Table

Bob’s guest chef for this recipe is Doug Mullally and he’s cooking up a delicious pork tenderloin, the Cadillac of pork meat cuts!

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Low Country Boil | The Sportsman’s Table

We’re on the beautiful Waccamaw River at Deck 383 with another great recipe. This episode’s guest chef is Carol Penagos. Carol is a sous chef for Strand Catering in Myrtle Beach. Carol is cooking up a crab boil for two! Typically, a crab boil is done for a large quantity of people but in this recipe, she’s “boiled” it down for only two!

LOW COUNTRY BOIL FOR TWO

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of potatoes
  • 1 pound of Large shrimp
  • 1 pound of mussels
  • ½ pound of little neck clams
  • 1-2 cups of crab boil mix ( we prefer 7 Seas Crab boil mix, or Old Bay )
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • ½ cup of diced celery
  • 2 tbs of minced garlic
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 3 lemons ( 2 of them cut in half, 1 of them slice into 8 wedges)
  • 1 can of beer (we prefer New Souths White Ale)
  • 2 ears of corn cut into 3- 4 pieces
  • 3 quarts of water

Directions

In a large stockpot on med high heat add oil, once oil is hot add the onion, garlic and celery and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add your crab boil mix. Take the 2 halved lemons and squeeze into the pot, toss them into the pot when done. Add 1 can of beer. Let simmer for 10 minutes. You want a nice aromatic broth with plenty of salt and spice. Don’t be afraid to taste test it. Then add 3 quarts of water and bring the mixture to a boil. Add about 1 pound of small potatoes to the boiling water and cook for about 10-15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender about halfway through. Then add the sausage and corn together into the boiling water. Boil for about five minutes. Ensure all contents are covered in liquids during cooking process and stir occasionally. Add the clams and mussels and cook for 8-10 min or until they open. Add shrimp and turn the heat off, cover the pot and let set for 15 minutes. You can serve it the traditional way by draining the contents and then spreading them over newspaper on a table so that you both can get to all the items. Or you can strain the items out into individual portion size bowls.

Drain the water from the pot and dump the entire contents on a table covered with several layers of newspaper. It’s okay to use a platter or large bowl, but low country boil is traditionally served in the middle of the table so everyone can just reach in and help themselves

Seared Snapper Recipe | The Sportsman’s Table

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Seared Snapper “Francaise” Over Rice With Farm Fresh Vegetables

Tom Mullally – 2 Portion Yield

Procedure:

Take two – 6-7 ounce snapper fillets and lightly season both sides with salt & pepper. Lightly dredge raw snapper in ap flour, then egg wash, then in hot oil on medium high heat. Add snapper to the oil until you get a nice golden brown on both sides.

Finish snapper fillets in a 400 degree oven for 5-10 minutes until cooked and flaky.

Cook about ¾ Cup of your favorite raw rice until fluffy, about 25 minutes

Cook about 2 cups total of your favorite mixed vegetables. Reheat the vegetables in melted whole butter over medium-low heat. Season to taste.

Lastly, squeeze some fresh lemon over the fish to complete the dish.

Seared Blacktip Tuna and Shrimp – Chef Tom Mullally

Here’s a fantastic shrimp and tuna recipe from Chef Tom Mullally!

 

Seared Blacktip Tuna and U10 Shrimp

over Petite Pasta  with Fresh Corn Relish

(yields 2 portions)

 

 

2 – 6 oz Tuna Filets                      * 1/2 cup of uncooked petite pasta

6 – Large Shrimp                          * Boil pasta in lightly salted water

1 – medium Shallot-minced                    until cooked, about 5-7 minutes

1 – small Garlic Clove-minced    * season cooked pasta with salt &

1 oz Olive Oil or Salad Oil             pepper to taste

 

Fresh Corn Relish

2 ears of corn on the cob, shucked then roasted or boiled until soft

1/2 Roma Tomato, diced small

1 Tb minced Shallot or Red Onion

1 Tb diced Scallion

 

*Season Tuna and Shrimp with salt and pepper then sear in Olive Oil

  over medium-high heat, adding minced garlic and shallots

  ** Cook good grade of Tuna – rare to medium rare ( suggested )

*  Combine all 4 ingredients for the corn relish, saute over medium

   heat with melted whole butter.  Season to taste.

 

*  To complete the dish, spoon cooked pasta on the plate first, then

  place Tuna and Shrimp down next to pasta.  Spoon the Corn Relish

  over the seafood then garnish dish with your favorite vegetables.

 

Bon Appetite !!!

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Seared Golden Tile Fish Recipe

Another great recipe for Seared local Golden Tile Fish with Sweet Red Pepper-Dill Relish over Mashed Celery Root from Chef Tom Mullally- Horry/Georgetown Tech Culinary Institute.

 

Yield: (2 portions)       

Relish: 1- diced roasted red pepper ( 425 degree oven, 20-30 min, turn pepper once or twice until almost black.

Now the skin from the pepper Will fall off easily under running cold water.)

1- tbsp chopped dill

1- ripe tomato, diced

1- tbsp diced scallion.        —

Dice all ingredients fairly small. Combine together in a small bowl with salt, pepper, and vinegar

1- tbsp diced red onion

1- tbsp apple cider vinegar

1- large celery root:  peel and dice the celery.

Boil in lightly salted water.

Once celery is soft, mash the celery root with melted butter and cream or milk.

Season to taste. It’s the same procedure like making mashed potatoes. Simply sub the celery root for the potato.

Lightly season both sides of your fish with salt and pepper. Sear the fish in about one ounce of olive oil over medium- high heat until golden brown.

Finish the fish in a 400 degree oven for about 8-10 min, depending on the thickness of your fish. A 6-7 ounce fillet is a good portion size.

Place the mashed celery root on the plate first, then the cooked triggerfish over the celery root.

Now spoon your room temp Relish over the fish.

 

Your healthy low calorie local fish entree is now finished, and it’s carb-free!!!

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