Chinese Dim Sum
Recipes - Pseudo Smoked Fish Recipe
Ingredients
1 sea bass
3 slices ginger root,
sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 spring onion (scallion),
thickly sliced
75 ml/5 tbsp soy sauce
30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or
dry sherry
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp ground anise
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sesame oil
10 ml/2 tsp sugar
120 ml/4
fl
oz/1/2 cup stock
oil for deep-frying
5 ml/1 tsp corn-flour
(cornstarch)
Method:
Trim the fish and
cut it into 5 mm (1/4in) slices against the grain. Mix
together the ginger, garlic, spring onion, 60ml/4 tbsp of soy sauce, the sherry, anise and sesame
oil.
Pour over the fish and toss gently. Leave to
stand for 2 hours, turning occasionally. Drain the
marinade into a pan and pat the fish dry on kitchen
paper.
Add the sugar,
stock and remaining soy sauce to the marinade, bring
to the bon and simmer for 1 minute.
If the sauce
needs to be thickened, mix the corn-flour with a
little cold water, stir it into the sauce and
simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens.
Meanwhile, heat
the oil and deep-fry the fish until golden brown.
Drain well. Dip the pieces of fish in the marinade
then arrange them on a warmed serving plate. Serve
hot or cold.
Chinese Recipes -
Pseudo Smoked Fish Recipe
