spork, my Steamed Fish is authentic Cantonese Steamed Fish.
The red ones are wolfberries - they are purely for decoration
Where is the ginger - ginger and green onion are steamed with fish fillet, then discarded, fresh new green onion are placed on, hot oil pouring over. This is the authentic way this dish is cooked in authentic Cantonese restaurant. You will see the details in recipe below.
Ingredients
White fish fillet (halibut, cod, haddock, etc.) 500g
Green onion 2 stalks
Ginger, thinly sliced ½ cup
Soy sauce * 4 tbsp
Sugar ½ tsp
OPTIONAL (see step 6)
Cooking oil 3 tbsp
Green onion 1 stalk
Steps
1. Rinse fish fillet until clean. Place in a shallow dish.
2. Heat water in a double steamer until boiling.
3. When heating water, cut green onion and ginger in thin stripes. Arrange green onion and ginger evenly on top of fillet.
4. Place the dish in the double steamer and steam for 10 minutes over medium heat.
5. Remove green onion and ginger. Drain the liquid in the dish. Mix sugar with soy sauce.
6. Either one of below two options:
6.a. Sprinkle mixed sauce over fish fillet.
6.b. Cut green onion in thin stripes. Spread evenly over fish. Heat oil in a small skillet until smoky. Pour hot oil over fish. Be careful oil may spill! You might want to hold the plate in a sink when doing this. Then pour soy sauce on top.
7. Decorate with whatever you like. In my picture I used wolfberry. You can use red pepper, etc.
* Soy Sauce – Light soy sauce is used in this recipe. Do NOT use dark soy sauce. “Seasoned Soy Sauce for Seafood” is the best choice for this dish. More details about soy sauce can be found in a later post.
Note:
• Use fresh fish if possible. Frozen fish would not give you as good result as the fresh one.
• Do not put the dish in the steamer until the water is boiling. Steaming over high heat gives the best result.
• You can find “Seasoned Soy Sauce for Seafood” in most Chinese grocery stores. Use the Seasoned Soy Sauce for the final step for better result if you can find it. You do not need the sugar in this case