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Steamed fish with chilli and garlic

Steaming is a great way to prepare fish. Here, it's served with an aromatic sauce made with chilli, garlic, sesame seeds, oyster sauce and soy, plus spring onion and coriander on top for a fresh finish.

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Steamed fish with chilli and garlic. Credit: Hong Kong Gourmet with Justine Schofield

  • serves

    4

  • prep

    20 minutes

  • cook

    5 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

4

people

preparation

20

minutes

cooking

5

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 1 bunch spinach, blanched
  • 4 x 180 g fillets white fish of your choice
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • Spring onions and coriander, to garnish
  • Steamed jasmine rice, to serve
Sauce
  • 2 tbsp spring onions, white and light green parts only, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 cm piece ginger, minced
  • 1 tsp white sesame seeds
  • ¼ cup peanut oil
  • 3 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp caster sugar
  • Pinch of white pepper
  • ½ tsp chicken stock powder (optional)

Instructions

  1. For the sauce, place spring onion, chilli, garlic, ginger and white sesame seeds into a bowl. Heat oil in a small pot until almost smoking and then carefully pour over the ingredients. Add oyster sauce, soy, sugar, pepper and stock powder if using. Stir well to combine and place to one side.
  2. Arrange fish fillets onto a plate that fits into a bamboo steamer and drizzle with pinch of Shaoxing wine. Place the plate into bamboo steamer that is sitting on a wok of boiling water and steam for 3-5 minutes or until the fish is just cooked.
  3. Serve fish with a generous drizzle of sauce, garnish with herbs and serve with rice on the side.

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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