Chinese•gourmet
Salt Marinated Steamed Fish 生死戀蒸魚
This Salt Marinated Steamed Fish 生死戀蒸魚 is simple...minimal even, just the fish, a piece of salted fish on top and a wee bit of shredded ginger on the plate, no sauce or slender curls of spring onion, but the taste is multilayered, its meat oh so tender and luscious!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 white flesh whole fish, bone in, butterflied
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 piece Chinese salted fish 鹹魚
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp ginger, shredded
Instructions
- 1
Wash fish. Dry with paper towels until dry.
- 2
Sprinkle salt lightly but generously all over both sides of the fish.
- 3
Place on a plate without any cover and leave in fridge overnight.
- 4
When ready for steaming, place fish skin side up on steaming plate.
- 5
Place piece of salted fish centered on top of fish. Sprinkle sugar, then shredded ginger on top of the piece of salted fish only.
- 6
Steam 10 mins.