Ginger Sauce Steamed Fish

Ingredients

• 500 gram fresh fish
• 2 stalks spring onion (line steaming plate)
• 1 stalk spring onion (strips for garnish)
• 1 stalk coriander leave (shred for garnish)
• 1 red chili (strips for garnish)
• 100 gram fresh ginger (grate)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup water (50 ml)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp Oyster Sauce
• 1 tbsp cooking wine (optional)
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1/4 tsp chicken stock granules
• 1 tsp cornstarch (for thickening)
• 1 tbsp fried garlic oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Rinse fish with cold water, pat dry and make small slits on the fish.

2. 2

   Line spring onion on steaming plate and top with the fish.

3. 3

   Prepare to steam the fish by first boiling some water in a steamer. Then add in the fish.

4. 4

   Steam the fish over high heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until cooked. While the fish is steaming, prepare the ginger sauce.

5. 5

   Grate or ground the fresh ginger.

6. 6

   Prepare all ingredients needed to make the ginger sauce.

7. 7

   Heat up oil in wok and add in the ground ginger.

8. 8

   Then add in all the other ginger sauce ingredients and stir fry till well mixed.

9. 9

   Add in water and cook until the ginger paste starts to boil.

10. 10

    Then add the cornstarch solution.

11. 11

    When the ginger paste has thickened, dish it up into a bowl and set aside.

12. 12

    When fish is cooked, remove fish from steamer.

13. 13

    Discard the liquid and spring onions from the steamed fish.

14. 14

    Top the fish with the cooked ginger paste and sprinkle with fried garlic and garlic oil. Garnish with green coriander leaves, spring onion and red chili.

15. 15

    Steamed fish is best served hot. So immediately serve with a bowl of hot steamed rice. So enjoy!