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Chinese Steamed Fish Recipe
One of my favourite dish eating out.
Fish is a must dish during Chinese New Year because it symbolizes good fortune. In Chinese, the word for “fish,” “yu,” has the same pronunciation as the word for “abundance.” So how to cook steamed fish, so it’s super tasty, delicate, and won’t be fishy? Stay tuned for all the cooking tips!
Chinese Steamed Fish Recipe
Serving: 2 to 4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
For the steamed fish:
1 whole (1 1/2 pounds) striped bass, gutted, descaled, and cleaned
3 stalks scallions
6 slices ginger
1 teaspoon avocado oil, or replace with other cooking oil
For the sauce:
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 stalks scallions, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 sprigs cilantro, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 slices ginger
1 small shallot, cut into cubes
1 teaspoon dried shrimp
For the toppings:
2 stalk scallions, julienned
3 slices ginger, julienned
1/8 red bell pepper, julienned
4 tablespoon avocado oil, or replace with other cooking oil
Chinese Steamed Fish Instructions
To prepare the fish:
This striped bass is descaled, gutted, and cleaned. Use a paper towel to pat dry, and remove any remaining blood. (So the steamed fish is tasty and not fishy.)
Place a paper towel along the sides of the fish, so it won’t be slippery. On the inside of the fish, cut along the sides of the spine, without cutting through. (So the steamed fish can cook through faster, resulting in a delicate texture.)
To make the sauce:
In a small pot over low heat, place the water, soy sauce, scallions, cilantro, ginger, shallot, and dried shrimp. Cook until fragrant for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, and wait until it cools down. Remove all the aromatics.
To steam the fish:
On a plate, place the scallions on it. (It raises up the fish, so the fish cooks through faster. It also adds more aroma to the dish.)
Transfer the fish to the plate. Brush a thin layer of avocado oil on the fish. (It’s like a protective layer, so the fish’s moisture remains inside.)
Place the ginger over the fish. (Ginger also helps to remove the fishy taste.)
In a large steamer over high heat, bring water to a boil. Transfer the fish inside, cover the lid, and steam for 6 minutes. (Add another 2 minutes for every 1/2 pound.)
Carefully take out the fish. Discard the liquid. (The liquid is very fishy, so we don’t keep it.) Also, remove the ginger and scallions.
To serve:
Place green parts of the scallions, ginger, white parts of the scallions, and red bell peppers over the fish.
In a small pan over high heat, pour in the avocado oil, and heat it until smoking hot for about 2 minutes. Pour it over the fish.
Drizzle the sauce on the side of the fish. Enjoy!
Hong Kong seafood market
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Last edited by seanyuki; 10-31-2023 at 07:58 PM.
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Francis
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Re: Chinese Steamed Fish Recipe
Francis, that sounds like a real tasty treat. Seeing striped bass in the recipe looked odd to me. I always thought of striped bass as an east coast thing. I hadn't realized their was a pacific ocean population of striped bass .
Out here in CT and the surrounding states thats a big game fish. Ive been catching them.for Years.. its gotten harder because of fisheries declines and slot limits but theres still alot here. You just gave me motivation to land a keeper
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Re: Chinese Steamed Fish Recipe
The lady in the video is from the States, over in Hong Kong we use groupers iso of sea bass. The expensive ones are the mouse grouper and red grouper.
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Francis
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Re: Chinese Steamed Fish Recipe
Francis, We do the same here but we use Black Bass.
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