Sunday dinner whole steamed rock fish
Prep
20 min
Having an entire fish with dinner is a tradition in Chinese culture. It provides symbolism at marquee family gatherings and is always a staple as a whole fish from head to tail representing togetherness and unity.
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Ingredients
1
medium fresh rock fish
2
tbsps light soya sauce or tamari
3
tbsps canola oil
2
stalks greens onions, cut
2
tbsps ginger root, julienned
2
stalks parsley, chopped
TT
salt and pepper
Instructions
- Rinse fish thoroughly and dry off with towel removing excess water.
- In a lipped plate large enough for fish, place evenly ensuring the fish rests fully inside the plate as flat as possible. Garnish fish with half of the ginger root and scallions. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Cover with plastic food wrap and place in steaming pot with high temp water. On high temp, cover steaming pot and steam fish for 8-10minutes (this varies based on size of the fish).
- Turn heat off and remove fish from the pot.
- In a small pan, turn on high heat and add oil to pan. Once the pan is hot, remove pan from the element and add soya sauce.
- Immediately remove food wrap and pour the oil/soy sauce thoroughly over the fish from one end to the next.
- Garnish with the remaining ginger root, green onions and parsley.