Better then Restaurant Steamed Fish
Recipe Type: Main
Cuisine: Asian
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Serves: 2
Our better than restaurant style steamed fish is so simple to make yet elegant and incredibly delicious. To make this steamed fish recipe all you need is a make shift steamer, if you have a real or commercial steamer, by all means use it The great thing is the dish is made with a few simple ingredients such as soy sauce, sesame sauce, green onions, pepper, and a couple more. The outcome, believe me, is a better than restaurant style quality that your dinner guests and family will rant and rave about.
Ingredients
- 2 150 gram tilapia fillets about 150 grams each
- 4 – 5 green onions sliced into sections lengthwise
- 1 good thumb size ginger cut into thin slices
- pepper to taste
- 10 – 12 strips of red bell pepper, julienned
- 2 tbsp of light sodium soy sauce
- juice of half a lime
Instructions
- Submerge the green onions in ice water while you are preparing the rest of the recipe.
- Place the fish into a good size bowl
- Put the ginger and bell pepper over the top top of the fish.
- Pour the soy sauce and squeeze the lime over.
- Sprinkle with fresh pepper.
- To make the steamer, if you don’t have one:
- Roll up a piece of aluminum foil into a log and form a circle with it.
- Place it into the bottom of a large wok or deep frying pan
- Put the bowl containing the fish over the foil and add enough water so it comes to the top.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat and place a lid on. Allow the fish to steam for about 10 minutes.
- Make the sauce by combining the soy sauce and sesame oil in a small pot and heat until it begins to bubble around a chop stick.
- Remove the fish from the steamer and top with the green onions.
- Pour the sauce over and serve.
- Enjoy your better than restaurant steamed fish.
Notes
I use tilapia in the recipe as it is the fish of my choice. You can use any kind of white fish, however. For example, cod, sea bass, etc. could be used. I have even know people to use salmon.[br][br]Give our better than restaurant steamed fish a try and let us know what you think.
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