🐟 How a Chinese Chef cooks Costco Tilapia! (煎鯽魚)

Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make pan-fried tilapia. It’s a super quick and cheap recipe that you can use for any kind of fish fillet. Perfect for weeknight dinners!
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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 - Destring snow peas
00:42 - Defrosting fish
01:15 - Prepare tilapia
02:55 - Blanch snow peas
03:50 - Pan-fry tilapia
04:29 - On tilapia
04:50 - Continue pan-frying tilapia
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[@MadeWithLau]

Join the Canto Cooking Club: bit.ly/3vr8h93 Get the full recipe: madewithlau.com/recipes/pan-fried-tilapia

[@MikeTrieu]

Seriously, Costco should pay the Lau family for how much they feature their food products 😂

[@TheZenomeProject]

It's the Asian go-to place for meat and fish. My Japanese mom goes there every week for those tilapia deals 😅

[@fernandofonseca2020]

How do you know they don’t get paid?

[@TaraMunikar]

@@fernandofonseca2020 I think creators are legally required by the FTC to disclose sponsored content (at least in the US where I think this channel is based in), and if you’re caught not letting your audience know that you’re getting paid to promote something, you can be fined. That being said, there are creators who don’t follow the law and just hope that people don’t report them. However, Made with Lau has created sponsored content in the past by Kikkoman and in those videos, they do explicitly say that they were sponsored pretty prominently. So I’m inclined to believe that if they were sponsored by Costco, they would mention it in the video like they have in the past for other companies.

[@fernandofonseca2020]

@@TaraMunikar , thanks for your answer and clarification.

[@ludwigvanlouie646]

Make with Lau is created by a pair of ingenuous father and son. I appreciated all the traditional Chinese recipes from this Channel . Now they are leaping ahead by teaching me how to cook with all the stuff from Costco. This is so practical because i do most of my shopping in Costco. Time fly when you have a good time. i watched your channel before you reached the 100,000 views. Now i see your little sweetheart saying “ bye bye You Tube “. Sounded so sweet and clear. She stole my heart. Love all your recipes and your two darlings.

[@rinaleong4232]

Time flies. Been watching your videos since your first-born. Variety of recipes are excellent and Mr. Lau Sr. is so generous is offering all the tips, not only in the recipes but in the method and what-to-do and not-to-do. Really an education in Chinese cooking. Delighted to hear your son say "Thank you KZbin". What a family!

[@ludwigvanlouie646]

Totally agreed with your comments.

[@cayrab1]

I love recipes without too many ingredients. Thank you for teaching us! Many blessings to your family!

[@sheridixon190]

Omg!! I love having the little ones at the table with your parents. It’s such a sweet family dinner.

[@ashleys637]

Awesome channel. I love that he elevates even the most basic of ingredients with excellent technique, w/o seeming pretentious. His explanations are logical and make sense.

[@bryanworth8292]

Your Dad is funny- a real gem. You're lucky to have him. I lost mine a couple of years ago. Tilapia can be rather bland but I'm going to try your Dad's method of frying soon. Please tell him many thanks.

[@lobstereleven4610]

Amazingly simple and delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing 👍👍

[@chrisandersen5635]

Nice crispy fillets without all the breadcrumbs. Fantastic. I love the peas too.

[@maynardlim7812]

Thank you for the video!

[@jpnicholls888]

I am going to try this dish soon. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing chef Lau. 😋

[@Cclj135]

I think this recipe is fantastic! I used cod which isn’t my favorite fish and it turned out edible enough for me to eat cod without complaints. Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe ❤

[@Kde88]

How amazing that I have these exact Costco tilapia fillets in my feeezer. Love the Costco videos

[@seanculligan8592]

This such a simple recipe! It look really delicous!

[@rgomer808]

Did this one with cod. Turned out excellent and was well received by all. THANKS!

[@LUVDOGS1954]

Simply....WOW!!!

[@adro4205]

Great video

[@takyongwong3582]

Thank you see fu ❤❤❤🎉

[@antcgop]

Daddy Lau, could you also please teach us how to make Fried fish fillet with cream corn sauce? Thanks in advance!

Super content.

[@williamsixsmith5938]

Thanks!

[@MadeWithLau]

Thank you so much!

[@GloryBeToGodForever]

Thank you.. All glory to *Christ Jesus.*

[@AliceLee-rj2ew]

Aww, so cute.

[@cileft011]

would you consider making a video teaching how to buy and clean live fish from the chinese supermarket? and also the translations for common ones?

[@meizhou9279]

If you buy fish from the Chinese (or Korean) supermarket they will clean it for you.

[@Kevin_Ng974]

Could you make a steamed fish recipe?

[@TizonaAmanthia]

Tilapia is still one of the cheepest fish, I've been REALLY wanting a decent recipe for cooking the fish! what other good ways of cooking fish are there? baked, pan fried....how bout poached? other ways? I'd love some ideas for other options.

[@1Highenergy1]

Fresh water lake tilapia is unbelievably tasty. There is no need for seasonings except for a little salt and lemon.

[@mikelennox559]

Will have to give this technique a try. Not a fan of tilapia personally, I prefer saltwater fish like cod and haddock for cheap white fish options.

[@sharmishthabanerjee6852]

Awesome recipe chef, please show chicken with black bean sauce recipe chinese

[@EngeltheFallen]

What timing, I just got a bag of Tilapia from Costco.

[@evaeva4986]

Nice video, I know your Dad understand English, but never heard him speak English? thanks.

[@ilias-mu4vt]

tastes great no doubt , but is the fish not notorious for antibiotics and heavy metal contamination?

[@janetf23]

🤌😋🧑‍🍳👏🌟

[@bsota8513]

I thought it said baked in oven.

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

I love tilapia also but heard many of it imported from China is not healthy.

[@cyclopsvision6370]

I don't understand the purpose of the snow peas, they were cooked separately, and plated separately, where is the connection?

[@Kde88]

He just wanted to eat snow peas with his fish bro

[@A1N0]

Hello. You might want to check. Usually the bag on frozen fish will tell you NOT to defrost it in the plastic bag it comes in. I'm guessing the cheap plastic bags it comes in is OK when frozen but might leash chemicals when you defrost in the bag. Its best to remove the fish from the plastic when frozen, the defrost it in the fridge on a plate or defrost it a zipper bag or wrap in Saran Wrap.

[@sonofjenova7]

It's not about leeching chemicals. It's because botulism can develop if there are spores present in an oxygen deprived environment. It's not an issue when frozen, but if left unfrozen for a longer time, the bacteria can begin to grow. Defrosting under water and then immediately opening it still minimizes the time. Best not to defrost slowly and let it sit in a warmer environment for too long. Resealing and defrosting again just reintroduces the same risk again. It's not about the quality of plastic, but exposure to air. Not sure what the actual likelihood of it being an issue is, but I'm sure the distribution companies will err on the side of caution to prevent lawsuits or health issues if people get sick. FWIW, I've defrosted vacuumed seal fish many times and have yet to get sick. But the time between defrosting and opening the package is usually less than 20-30 minutes which isn't all that long.

[@choosehope8729]

@@sonofjenova7I never understood the instruction to remove from packaging only to defrost it exposed to the air or wrap in new plastic.

[@ezedozitt21]

😃🐰🍫🎉👏🏼

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

At 2:55: "Every" is singular. It emphasises the individuality of the point being made. Every is; all are.

[@geshkigal]

looks like a recipe that can be air-fried, maybe?

[@louislin199]

i swear to god i heard hand fried tilapia = =

[@Edwardscissor]

If i cook those fillets in that pan,guaranteed they are sticking

[@TheWhiteDragon3]

So many salty comments here trashing Tilapia that you'd think Big Salmon Farmers are using sock puppet accounts lol

[@bach4603]

幹得好，寶貝終於知道怎麼說話了，這麼聰明，她看起來更像你兒子妻子的女兒，而不是她媽媽!

[@bigboy379]

First

[@stevespikehk]

Bye utube! 😎🤟🏻

[@jimbrennan1181]

My wife won't let me make Tilapia; she says it's a dirty fish because it's a bottom feeder.

[@ekaterinaefimova2190]

She is correct, just cook another white fish 🐟

[@annunacky4463]

Or get another wife…lol. Just kiddin there. Yeah our fish ain’t fit for consumption sometimes.

[@incanada83]

@janetf23, bottom feeding fish aren't dirty. What's dirty is the environment if raised in fishing farms, and depending which part of the world the fish comes from.

[@bsota8513]

I've eaten it many times. It's good.

[@wolfganghb]

she is right - tilapia is fed with human waste - i e shit....

[@annmajek5203]

No thanks to farmed raised, pellet fed fish in murky waters. I will try this with another white fish though 😊

[@phillipcarroll6625]

There are wild tilapia in America now, but you have to catch them yourself. I agree with you though.

[@Anonymous------]

I agree. All non-organic farm raised fish must be banned for the drugs and toxic feeds used to raise them.

[@Yorker707]

It's better do not eat Tilapia at all.

[@bsota8513]

Why?

[@Zipfei_Kloatscher]

Tilapia is one of the most sustainable fishes out there with very few toxins, too.

[@bsota8513]

@@Zipfei_Kloatscher Thanks

[@pathua7692]

Always been a huge fan of Daddy Lau’s technique! But I don’t care whether it’s him or a Michelin chef, tilapia is only suitable for cat food

[@wolfganghb]

you really want to poison your poos cat? thats animal cruelty with tilapia - everything else but not tilapia

[@wolfganghb]

seriously.... who eats fish that eats human waste... i e shit????

[@Omega65713]

Are you advertising for Costco store? Did Costco pay you for this? This is no good you are doing special advertisinment for certain profits making corporations. Unless you got paid for.

[@combatprinciplesmma]

By throwing it out because tilapia is a trash fish

[@bsota8513]

How so?

[@TheWhiteDragon3]

Weak

[@combatprinciplesmma]

@@bsota8513 it's a bad fish in terms of taste. It's farmed so you know it's full of crap as well

[@bsota8513]

@@combatprinciplesmma Thank you

[@NurmiSimo]

There is no way you'd call all your videos "how to cook Costco x" without being sponsored by them. Unsubbed.

[@vincechiu1455]

lol yeah because Costco needs a KZbin cooking channel to get the word out about its little store.

[@NurmiSimo]

@@vincechiu1455 Why give free advertisement to a huge company then?

[@itawambamingo]

Unsubscribing.

[@bsota8513]

I may too. Supposed to be oven baked.

[@mahorhor]

😆title ... it should be 𩶘 instead of 鰂？

[@catchnkill]

no. the proper chinese name is 羅非魚。