Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, steamed fish. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
I love Chinese-style steamed fish-fresh-from-the-tank live fish steamed with soy sauce and topped with shredded ginger, scallions, and cilantro leaves. To me, nothing tastes as satisfying as steamed. This Cantonese steamed fish is a traditional and simple dish that's often served as one of the final courses in a traditional Chinese wedding banquet right before the last rice and the noodle course.
Steamed Fish is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Steamed Fish is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have steamed fish using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Steamed Fish:
- Prepare 450 gms tofu sliced in 1/4inch squares
- Take 650 gms fish fillet- any white fish will do
- Prepare 6 table spoons salted chillies or chilli sauce to your liking
- Get 1 tbsp ginger minced
- Get 3 cloves garlic minced
- Get 1 green onion diced
- Take 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp white pepper, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil mixed together
- Prepare 2 tbsp oil, 2/3rd cup hot water
Make this Chinese steamed fish recipe using a steamer OR bake it in foil! I've been wanting to Steamed Chinese Fish with a Ginger and Shallot Sauce! Love the drama as the hot oil is poured over. Steamed whole fish is a classic dish in Chinese home cooking.
Steps to make Steamed Fish:
- Fill Steamer with water, and place on stovetop. Wash and pat dry fish fillets and set aside. Use a steaming plate with high edges, place tofu slices on the base of the plate, now place the fish fillets on top of the tofu and set aside.
- Separately in a clean pan on medium heat, add oil, ginger, garlic, onions (only the white part), chillies and let it cook until aromatic, add the hot water, soy sauce mixture and let it come to a boil, check for seasoning, pour over the fish, place fish in the hot steamer, turn the stovetop heat to medium and let it cook for around 8-10 minutes or until the fish cooked.
- Once cooked, sprinkle with green onions and serve with steamed rice and a side of vegetables. Enjoy!!
It uses very few ingredients to bring Steamed fish is also a dish that represents wealth and good fortune. The flavor of steamed fish prepared with live fish is out of this world. That is why my family is dedicated gastronomes of Chinese steamed fish. We can set out to a gourmet trip to fishing villages. See more ideas about Steamed fish, Fish recipes, Steamed fish recipes.
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