Chinese Steamed Fish (清蒸鱼)
Ingredients
Main
- Any Oily, White Meat Fish (Pompfret, ling, snapper, etc)
- 1 stalk
- spring onion
- 15g
- ginger
- 3 cups
- hot water
Sauce
- 3 tbsp
- soy sauce
- 3 tbsp
- water
- 1/3 tsp
- white sugar
- 1 stem
- spring onion
- 10g
- ginger
Infused Oil
- 15g
- ginger
- 2 tbsp
- cooking oil ((Canola oil is ideal ))
Method
- 01
Jullienne the ginger for the infused oil and for steaming fish
- 02
Slice the ginger for the sauce
- 03
Split the spring onion between the white and the green parts
- 04
Lightly smash the white part of the spring onion
- 05
**Cooking the Fish.** Add the hot water to a wok and bring it to a boil
- 06
Add a heatproof plate on top of a steaming rack
- 07
On the plate, place the spring onion, the fish on top and the jullienned ginger on top of the fish
- 08
Steam for 7-8 minutes ( depending on how thick and what type of fish it is)
- 09
Whilst steaming, use the time to make the infused oil and sauce
- 10
Assemble the dish, by placing the steamed fish on a clean plate
- 11
Pour the sauce over the fish and then pour the infused oil over everything and serve
- 12
**Infused Oil.** Starting off with a cold sauce pan, add in the cooking oil
- 13
Bring the oil up in temperature and add in the jullienned ginger
- 14
Fry until brown and crispy
Notes
- The ginger amount is just a guide, being precise with it isn't a big deal.