STEAMED SEA BASS WITH SOY AND GINGER
STEAMED SEA BASS WITH SOY AND GINGER
STEAMED SEA BASS WITH SOY AND GINGER

Ingredients
  • 4 spring onions
  • sliced diagonally
  • 25g/1oz fresh ginger
  • cut into thin strips
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sherry (or Shaoxing wine)
  • 6 180g/6oz pieces of sea bass
  • skin on
  • 6 squares of banana leaf
  • to fit inside steamer baskets
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 250g/9oz Chinese greens
  • cut in half
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
Directions
  • Place half the spring onions and all the ginger into a bowl.
  • Set the remaining spring onions aside.
  • Pour the soy sauce and sherry over the spring onions and ginger.
  • Place the fish skin side up on a board and make six small incisions into each.
  • Place the banana leaves into the steamer and place a piece of sea bass on top of each piece of leaf. (If you have a large steamer you should be able to fit 3 in each steamer layer.)
  • Spoon the spring onion mixture over the top.
  • Place the lid on the steamer and set over a saucepan of boiling water.
  • Steam for 6-7 minutes until just cooked through.
  • Meanwhile
  • heat the groundnut oil in a wok and stir-fry the Chinese greens until tender.
  • Finally
  • heat a frying pan until hot
  • and add the sesame oil and heat until just smoking.
  • To serve
  • place the greens onto a plate
  • top with the fish
  • and remaining spring onions
  • then pour over the hot sesame oil.