China · Cantonese

Steamed Mandarin Fish

Name: Steamed Mandarin Fish
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cantonese
Ingredients: mandarin fish 500 g; scallion 2 pieces; light soy sauce 30 g; red chili 1 pieces; ginger slices 3 pieces; cooking oil 20 ml

A whole mandarin fish steamed until the flesh lifts in clean flakes, finished with hot oil, soy, ginger and scallion.

10 minutes · 4 servings · Moderate

Steaming a whole fish is the oldest way to cook fish in the south, and mandarin fish is the one chosen for it because the flesh lifts away in clean flakes. The delicate part is timing, since over-steaming turns it dry, and the hot oil and soy poured over at the end are what wake it all up.

Ingredients

mandarin fish500 g
scallion2 pieces
light soy sauce30 g
red chili1 pieces
ginger slices3 pieces
cooking oil20 ml

Directions

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Prepare the ingredients:
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The cooking:

Source: HowToCook · WorldBite adaptation · Unlicense source text; bilingual recipe adapted by WorldBite.