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Hong Kong Style Steamed Cod

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Servings: 2
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Fish marinade
  • 275 g cod fish steak
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 3 slices old ginger
  • green onion 6 2-inch pieces
  • dash of white pepper
Garnish
  • 1 stalk green onion thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp thinly juilenned old ginger
  • Coriander leaves
  • Red chilli thinly julienned (optional)
Crispy Ginger
  • 2 tbsp thinly juilenned old ginger
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
Sauce
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp shaoxing wine
  • 1 tsp sugar
Hot oil drizzle
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp canola oil

Method
 

  1. Rinse and pat dry fish steak, then place on heat safe dish/plate.
  2. Pour shaoxing wine and salt on fish.
  3. Place ginger and spring onion on top of the fish, and gently rub everything together.
  4. Then place the spring onion and ginger to rest under the fish, and allow to marinate for 5 minutes.
  5. Bring a steamer to boil on high heat.
  6. Steam fish for 8 minutes on high heat.
  7. Mix all the ingredients for sauce in a small bowl. Stir until sugar dissolve.
  8. Heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil on medium high, and fry julienned ginger until golden and crispy.
  9. When fish is done, pour sauce mixture over fish. Do not drain away the liquid from the fish, that makes the sauce as well.
  10. Then garnish with fresh ginger, coriander, spring onion, chilli, and crispy ginger.
  11. Heat 1 tsp sesame and cooking oil together.
  12. Drizzle hot oil over garnish and fish. You should hear it sizzling.