Steamed Black Cod Fillet（蔥薑蒸魚）

20 Oct 2014

Steaming fish is probably the most favorite way of cooking fish for Chinese. The steps of steaming a fish are fairly simple but it is often the hardest dish to make it right.

This is a great recipe especially for fish fillet of soft fish like black cod or cobia which are much more sustainable fish to consume than the close to extinction Chilean Sea Bass. The sweetness of the daikon balances the flat saltiness of soy sauce and also lightens the fatty fish that we all love.

Ingredients

• ~1 lb black code fillet
• 2 green onion stalks
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tbsp rice wine
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 5 tbsp grated daikon
• 1 tbsp mirin (optional)
• 1 tsp fish sauce (optional)

Instructions

1. Cut the white part of green onion into small strips, pound it a bit to bring out the aroma
2. Cut the green part of the green onion into thin strips, set aside in a bowl, add ground black pepper
3. In a small bowl, mix grated ginger, rice wine and soy sauce together
4. Add grated daikon to the sauce
5. On a plate, lay the white parts of onion on the plate and put fish over green onion
6. Pour the daikon mixture onto the fish, covering it
7. Steam in double boiler for 23 min (from pressing down button with cold water), let stand in pot for 5 min
8. You can mix some of the fish juice into the green onion before putting green onion on top of the fish
9. Heat 1/2 oil and 1/2 sesame oil
10. Drizzle over fish with green onion on top