Northern Chef Seafood Medley is an undeniable treat when prepared correctly. It takes all your favorites from the ocean and showcases their best qualities. However, with frozen seafood, it doesn’t take much to end up overcooking it. Before you know it, you end up with something that’s more rubbery than tender. It takes a bit of skill and finesse to get it just right.
Northern Chef’s Seafood Medley is stuffed with wild-caught clams, mussels, squid, and octopus, and the taste of our beautiful seafood is unparalleled. If you’re wondering how to prepare seafood medley, we’re here to tell you more about how to retain its texture so you can coax all the flavor from every morsel.
Having properly defrosted seafood is critical, regardless of preparation. If a mistake is made during this process, it’s going to interfere with both the texture and taste of the final product. For our Seafood Medley, we recommend thawing in the refrigerator overnight before lightly rinsing with cold running water. (Ensure that the mix is drained well before transferring.) If you’re in need of a faster thaw, place the mix in a colander under cold running water for between 5 and 7 minutes.
Origin: China. Ingredients: Blanched squid, cooked mussels, surimi (fish [pollock or threadfin bream], potato-starch, soy protein, natural crab extract, salt, sugar, artificial flavor, carmine paprika [for color]), blanched shrimp.
Tips for Grilling Your Seafood Medley
Seafood medley on the grill can pick up some heavenly flavors. If you’re planning to test it out during your next outdoor shindig:
- Follow the standard defrosting directions.
- Grill seafood medley on a grilling pan or basket until opaque and slightly charred
- Alternatively, separate the seafood and place on skewers. (If you’re marinating the skewers, put the sauce and skewers in a zip-lock bag and place in the fridge for around 10 minutes.)
- Soak skewers in cold water for around 20 minutes to prevent burning.
- You should only need a minute and a half on both sides before it’s ready.
Grilling can be a fun way to serve your seafood medley, but it’s also easy to forget about if you’ve got a lot of other things going on during the cooking process. Just make sure to set aside some time to focus entirely on the seafood if you go this route.
Tips for Pan-Frying Your Seafood Medley
Frozen seafood medley can be coated in breadcrumbs with the help of flour and a whisked egg.
- Fill the pan about halfway up the side with oil and heat.
- Dip each piece of defrosted seafood in the flour and then the egg. Run the seafood through the breadcrumbs.
- Put paper towels on a plate to receive the cooked seafood.
- Fry the seafood in the heated oil, remove the tongs, and let the paper towel absorb the oil for about a minute.
For our frozen seafood mix, you’ll cook the seafood until it is opaque and firm. This typically takes between 2 to 3 minutes. Other brands may need longer on each side. As long as you’re paying attention to the color and consistency, you should be able to prevent overcooking.
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