Hunan

Hunan steamed fish with chopped chillies

Name: Hunan steamed fish with chopped chillies
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 g thick white fish steaks or 1 whole fish cleaned fish; 8 fresh red chillies chopped (or hot green chillies) green chilli; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp vinegar; 5 cloves minced garlic; 1 tbsp minced, plus a few slices ginger; 1/2 tsp sugar; 2 tsp soy sauce; 2 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil)

Steamed fish wearing a red coat of chopped chillies. Gentle cooking, loud flavour.

30 minTime

35 gProtein each

hotSpice

Jars of chopped chilli2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFish steamed under salted chopped chillies, finished with hot oil.

The original

316kcalsame

35 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

30minutessame

Duo jiao yu, Hunan style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish500 g thick white fish steaks or 1 whole fish, cleaned

Green chilli8 fresh red chillies, chopped (or hot green chillies)

Salt1½ tsp

Vinegar2 tsp

Garlic5 cloves, minced

Ginger1 tbsp, minced, plus a few slices

Sugar½ tsp

Soy sauce2 tsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Method

4 steps

1Mix the chopped chillies with most of the salt, the vinegar, sugar, garlic and minced ginger. Rest 30 minutes or overnight.
2Pat the fish dry, rub with remaining salt and lay on ginger slices in a heatproof dish. Spread the chilli over.
3Steam over boiling water until the flesh turns opaque and flakes at the thickest point.
4Tip off most of the liquid, add soy and spring onion. Heat the oil until shimmering and pour over.

Serve it like this

Serve in its steaming dish with the red chilli on top and the juices pooled around. Rice to soak up the chilli juice is essential.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Hunan

Hunan steamed fish with chopped chillies

Steamed fish wearing a red coat of chopped chillies. Gentle cooking, loud flavour.

30 minTime

35 gProtein each

hotSpice

Jars of chopped chilli2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFish steamed under salted chopped chillies, finished with hot oil.

The original

316kcalsame

35 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

30minutessame

Duo jiao yu, Hunan style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish500 g thick white fish steaks or 1 whole fish, cleaned

Green chilli8 fresh red chillies, chopped (or hot green chillies)

Salt1½ tsp

Vinegar2 tsp

Garlic5 cloves, minced

Ginger1 tbsp, minced, plus a few slices

Sugar½ tsp

Soy sauce2 tsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Method

4 steps

1Mix the chopped chillies with most of the salt, the vinegar, sugar, garlic and minced ginger. Rest 30 minutes or overnight.
2Pat the fish dry, rub with remaining salt and lay on ginger slices in a heatproof dish. Spread the chilli over.
3Steam over boiling water until the flesh turns opaque and flakes at the thickest point.
4Tip off most of the liquid, add soy and spring onion. Heat the oil until shimmering and pour over.

Serve it like this

Serve in its steaming dish with the red chilli on top and the juices pooled around. Rice to soak up the chilli juice is essential.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Hunan steamed fish with chopped chillies

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Ingredients

Method

Hunan steamed fish with chopped chillies

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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