Easy Cantonese Steamed Fish

Name: Easy Cantonese Steamed Fish
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: green onions; ginger; cod; 0.25 cup soy sauce; 0.5 teaspoon sugar; 3 tablespoons neutral oil; avocado oil; 2 tablespoons sesame oil; white rice

10m

Serves 1

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Easy Cantonese Steamed Fish

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10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Thinly slice some green onions.
2Soak the green onions in ice water to make them curl up into beautiful ribbons.
3Cut up a bunch of ginger into thin matchsticks.
4Lay the ginger all over the fish (cod or any white fish).
5Mix 1/4 cup of soy sauce with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.
6Carefully pour the sauce into the base of the fish.
7Set up a steamer station by placing a wire steaming rack in a wok with boiling water at the bottom.
8Add the plate of fish right on top of the steamer rack.
9Cover and leave on medium heat for about 7 minutes or until the fish flakes.
10While the fish is steaming, heat up 3 tablespoons of neutral oil (avocado oil is used here) and 2 tablespoons of sesame oil in a separate pan.
11Check if the oil is ready by using a wooden chopstick; it should be bubbling.
12Dry the green onions on a paper towel.
13Scatter the dried green onions all over the fish.
14Pour the hot oil all over the green onions and ginger on the fish.
15Serve with white rice.
16Spoon some of the sauce from the fish onto the rice.

Ingredients

green onions
ginger
cod
0.25 cup soy sauce
0.5 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons neutral oil
avocado oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
white rice

Equipment

knifecutting boardcontainerplatewoksteamer rackaluminum foillidpanwooden chopstickspaper towelbowlforkspoon

Tips

If you don't have a steamer rack, you can use aluminum foil rolled into a coil as a makeshift wire rack.
Steam the fish on medium heat for about 7 minutes or until the fish flakes.

Easy Cantonese Steamed Fish

10m

Serves 1

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Easy Cantonese Steamed Fish

tiktok.com

10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Thinly slice some green onions.
2Soak the green onions in ice water to make them curl up into beautiful ribbons.
3Cut up a bunch of ginger into thin matchsticks.
4Lay the ginger all over the fish (cod or any white fish).
5Mix 1/4 cup of soy sauce with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.
6Carefully pour the sauce into the base of the fish.
7Set up a steamer station by placing a wire steaming rack in a wok with boiling water at the bottom.
8Add the plate of fish right on top of the steamer rack.
9Cover and leave on medium heat for about 7 minutes or until the fish flakes.
10While the fish is steaming, heat up 3 tablespoons of neutral oil (avocado oil is used here) and 2 tablespoons of sesame oil in a separate pan.
11Check if the oil is ready by using a wooden chopstick; it should be bubbling.
12Dry the green onions on a paper towel.
13Scatter the dried green onions all over the fish.
14Pour the hot oil all over the green onions and ginger on the fish.
15Serve with white rice.
16Spoon some of the sauce from the fish onto the rice.

Ingredients

green onions
ginger
cod
0.25 cup soy sauce
0.5 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons neutral oil
avocado oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
white rice

Equipment

knifecutting boardcontainerplatewoksteamer rackaluminum foillidpanwooden chopstickspaper towelbowlforkspoon

Tips

If you don't have a steamer rack, you can use aluminum foil rolled into a coil as a makeshift wire rack.
Steam the fish on medium heat for about 7 minutes or until the fish flakes.