Steamed Pork Mince with Salted Fish (咸鱼蒸肉饼)
This Steamed Pork Mince with Salted Fish is the best comfort food for the cooler seasons. Light and deliciously savory, you'll love spooning the sauce all over your rice!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 salted mackerel fish ((or to taste))
- 800 g / 1.8 lb pork mince
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 purple shallots, finely chopped
- 8 slices ginger, julienned
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce ((or to taste))
- 3/4 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
- 1/2 tbsp sugar ((or to taste))
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- 1
Start by cutting the salted mackerel into large chunks. Use a knife to remove the bones from the flesh.
- 2
Chop the mackerel into small pieces roughly 1 cm x 1 cm (0.4" x 0.4") in size, then mince by hammering at it with a large knife/cleaver for 1 minute. Note: If you'd prefer to keep the salted mackerel and ground pork separate, you can simply slice the mackerel and lay them on top of the meat.
- 3
Combine the pork mince, mackerel, purple shallots, garlic, sugar, chicken bouillon power, light soy sauce and oil in a steamable dish.
- 4
Flatten the mixture in the dish until level.
- 5
Top the ground meat with ginger.
- 6
Set up your steamer and steam the patty on high heat for 1 hour.
- 7
Serve hot with a bowl of rice!