Steam Fish

Simple and delicious Chinese steamed fish is a classic Asian cuisine. Wanna learn how to steam fish in restaurant style? This steam golden pomfret recipe only takes around 15 minutes! 

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Steam a whole fish:

Steamed whole fish is a traditional Chinese dish. Most authentic Chinese restaurants serve steamed whole fish as well. However, they are a little bit expensive and pricey.

Also, Chinese and Asians like to cook fish as a whole. In Chinese culture, a whole fish with head and tail is a tradition and they believe in good luck. Besides, steamed whole fish is part of Chinese New Year dishes, especially in southern part of China. 

Chinese steamed fish:

There are so many ways to cook a whole fish. In fact, garlic and black salted beans steamed fish is tasty and the easiest way.

Steam golden pomfret recipe:

I grew up eating a lot of fish because we lived near the sea and my grandparents had fish and seafood everyday. In addition, personally I love sea fish because it tastes better than lake one.

Steamed whole fish not only is simple and easy, but also tasty if you know how to cook them right! And, I like to use golden pomfret fish because it is easy to clean and doesn't have to clean up scales. Also, it doesn't have a lot of small little bones, so it is safer.

Besides, ginger and garlic are important ingredients to remove fish smell. Also, garlic and black fermented salty beans are the best combination for a steamed whole fish.

What are the ingredients for Chinese steamed golden pomfret?

This Chinese steamed fish recipe is very simple, it only has a few ingredients: golden pomfret fish, ginger, garlic, fermented black beans, green onion, vegetable oil, salt and soy sauce. 

Cooking tips for how to steam a whole golden pomfret:

• Clean fish, cut belly and remove gill and guts.
• Put ginger into the fish belly and on top. Ginger helps to remove the smell.
• When water is boiling, put the fish in and steam for 10-15 minutes depending on how big the fish is.
• Remember the oil needs to be hot, use a wooden chopstick to check. If you see bubbles around the chopsticks that means the oil is hot enough. The temperature is around 375-400F.

FAQs:

Instructions for how to cook golden pomfret steam fish:

1. First, cut 4 sticks of green onion into strips. 

2. Then, cut 8 slices of ginger into strips.

3. After that, minced 4 cloves of garlic.

4. The following, clean the fish, cut the belly, clean out guts and gill.

5. Sprinkle ⅛ teaspoon salt and put some ginger strips into the belly and top of the fish. 

6. Next, put the minced garlic and 1 tablespoon of fermented black beans (rinse the black beans) on top of the fish. 

7. Steam it for 12-15 minutes depending on the size of the fish. (Wait until water boilings and start the timer.)

8.  When the fish is done, lay the green onion strips on top of the fish. 

9. Heat up  2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pan. (Remember the oil needs to be hot, use a wooden chopstick to check. If you see bubbles around the chopsticks that means the oil is hot enough. The temperature is around 375-400F.)

10. Pour the hot oil over the green onion and add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce over the fish. 

Enjoy this simple and delicious Chinese steamed fish recipe! Also, check out these ginger scallion crab, chili garlic shrimp, steam garlic shrimp, stir fry water spinach and tofu pudding recipes. 

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