Steamed Fish With Black Bean Sauce
This recipe creates a flavorful and aromatic dish featuring tender fish fillets seasoned with Chinese salted black bean paste, ginger, and chives. The steaming process allows the flavors to meld beautifully, while the finishing touch of sizzling hot aromatic oils adds a tantalizing appeal. Serve this dish over the reserved steaming liquid for a delightful presentation. Enjoy a taste of savory satisfaction with each bite!
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 4 thick fish fillets (about 1.25" thick)
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons Chinese salted black bean paste, mixed with a little sake
- 8 tablespoons sake (Japanese rice alcohol)
- thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled
- 1 bunch fresh chives, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
Instructions
- Season the fillets on both sides with salt and pepper. Spread the tops with black bean paste. Place fish into heatproof dish, add sake and steam for 10 minutes over high heat in a steamer.
- While fish is steaming, use a vegetable peeler to slice the ginger into very thin slices, then use knife to julienne into thin slivers.
- When fish is finished, remove the dish from the steamer and pour the accumulated cooking liquid onto a large deep plate for serving. Top the ginger slivers and the chives over the fish.
- In a small frying pan, heat up the olive oil and sesame oil until just before it begins to smoke, then pour it over the fish. The chives and ginger should sizzle.
- Transfer the fish to the plates containing the reserved steaming liquid and serve.
Cook Time
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Yield
4
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