Steamed Red Snapper fish



Ingredients

• 780g Snapper fish
• 2 tsp salt - To rub on the fish, 1 tsp at each side.
• 5  slices of ginger
• 5 Dry mushrooms ( soak till soft and slice into thin slices)

For the sauce

• 2 tbsp. Premium Soy Sauce
• 2 tbsp Shao Xing Wine
• 1 tsp crushed Rock Sugar (or just ordinary fine sugar)
• a dash of pepper
• a tsp of sesame oil

For garnishing

• 1 sprig spring Onion, cut thinly and soak in ice water
• 3 slices of ginger, Shredded and fry till crispy with sesame oil
• 3 cloves of garlic, chopped into small pieces and fry till crispy with  sesame oil
• some coriander
• some julienned chillies (Optional)

Method

• Clean fish, pat dry. Rub 1 tsp salt at each side of the fish. Rub some into the stomach too. And then, put 5 pieces of ginger into the stomach.
• On a steaming dish,  place the fish on top.
• Arrange the mushroom slices nicely on top of the fish
• Use a small sauce bowl, mix all the sauce ingredient together
• Bring water in the steamer to a boil. Place the whole bowl of sauce beside the fish, steam fish over high heat for 15 minutes.
• While the fish is steaming, prepare your crispy ginger and garlic by frying with sesame oil till brown and crispy. Take note not to burn them or else it will turn bitter.. I usually fry the garlic first then use the remaining oil to fry the ginger .You can add more oil if you want.
• Remove fish from the steamer, pour away the steaming liquid.
• Pour the sauce on the fish, and place the crispy ginger and garlic over the fish.
• Lastly then pour the sesame oil over.
• Garnish, and serve!

 Separate steaming method - the fish and the sauce are separated, but steam together.

Remove the steaming liquid

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