How to Make Ultimate Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish

Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish
Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chinese cantonese steamed fish. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cantonese steamed fish is a traditional, simple dish often served as one of the final courses in a Chinese wedding banquet (right before the last rice and noodle course). That said, it's also a dish that can be found on home dinner tables on any old weeknight. That's how you know it's not just easy…it's really delicious. I love Chinese-style steamed fish-fresh-from-the-tank live fish steamed with soy sauce and topped with shredded ginger, scallions, and cilantro leaves.

Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chinese cantonese steamed fish using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish:
  1. Make ready Meat
  2. Prepare 250 G Cod or any fish of your choice
  3. Take 1-2 stalks Spring Onion
  4. Make ready 2 inches Shredded Ginger
  5. Prepare Sauce
  6. Prepare 3 TPBS Light Soy Sauce
  7. Get 3 TPBS Water
  8. Prepare 1 Pinch Salt
  9. Prepare Left over Smashed Spring onion stem from shredded ones
  10. Take Half an Inch of Shredded Ginger
  11. Prepare 1 TSP Shaoxin Rice Wine
  12. Get Flavoured Sizzling Oil
  13. Make ready Rice Bran Oil
  14. Get Sesame Oil
  15. Get 1 Small Amount of Shredded Ginger

A steamed whole fish with Ginger, Scallion, Soy and cilantro is a big favorite on any Chinese table, and it's almost always served at holiday meals and special occasions. This is definitely true for Cantonese families at formal wedding and Chinese New Year banquets, but also for family gatherings at home. Flavors of ginger, cilantro and green onion make this light and easy Cantonese steamed fish a standout dish for a quick weeknight dinner, or the perfect side for a full Chinese meal. Steamed Fish, the Chinese Way (清蒸鱼) A fresh whole fish steamed to a tender texture, seasoned with a delicious dressing, Chinese steamed fish requires little cooking skill but tastes incredible.

Steps to make Chinese Cantonese Steamed Fish:
  1. Shred all your spring onions and keep the stem
  2. Soak shredded Spring Onions in cold water to make it curly
  3. Shred all your required amount of ginger
  4. Lay fish on the plate
  5. Put 2 inches of shredded ginger on top of the fish
  6. Steam it for approximately 8 mins depending on how thick your fish is.
  7. Now, prepare the sauce, smash spring onion stem
  8. Put all sauce ingredients into a small sauce pan
  9. Remove from the heat once it starts to bubble
  10. Add shaoxin wine last & set it aside
  11. Remove fish from steamer after 8 minutes and drain excess water
  12. OPTIONAL: Remove steamed ginger, but I prefer it on.
  13. Pour sauce over it and garnish it with curly shredded spring onions. You may also add a slice or 2 of chilli.
  14. Pour a small amount of Rice Bran oil & sesame oil into a saucepan
  15. Stir fry ginger until it’s golden
  16. Pour hot flavoured oil over your fish and VOILA!

Flavors of ginger, cilantro and green onion make this light and easy Cantonese steamed fish a standout dish for a quick weeknight dinner, or the perfect side for a full Chinese meal. Steamed Fish, the Chinese Way (清蒸鱼) A fresh whole fish steamed to a tender texture, seasoned with a delicious dressing, Chinese steamed fish requires little cooking skill but tastes incredible. Put the fish on a heatproof plate and squeeze the ginger over the top. Set up a steamer or put a rack into a wok or deep pan. Kingsley says steaming is a popular Cantonese culinary technique that produces delicious, healthy, and moist foods.

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