Sichuan

Sichuan boiled fish

Name: Sichuan boiled fish
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 g firm white fish fillet thinly sliced fish; 1 tsp divided salt; 1 egg white egg white; 2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 1 1/2 cups bean sprouts moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts); a few leaves torn napa cabbage (wombok, chinese leaf); 4 tbsp divided cooking oil (vegetable oil); 2 1/2 tbsp chilli bean paste doubanjiang; 1 1/2 tbsp minced ginger; 6 cloves minced, divided garlic; 3 cups stock or water water; 2 tsp soy sauce; 15 snipped dried red chilli; 2 tsp sichuan peppercorn; 3 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion)

Called boiled fish. Arrives under a sizzling blanket of chilli. Sichuan has a sense of humour.

40 minTime

30 gProtein each

hotSpice

Boiled, in name only2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayVelveted fish under chilli and Sichuan pepper, sizzled with hot oil.

The original

367kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

40minutessame

Shui zhu yu as Sichuan serves it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish500 g firm white fish fillet, thinly sliced

Salt1 tsp, divided

Egg white1 egg white

Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp

Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)1½ cups bean sprouts

Napa cabbage (wombok, chinese leaf)a few leaves, torn

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp, divided

Doubanjiang2½ tbsp chilli bean paste

Ginger1½ tbsp, minced

Garlic6 cloves, minced, divided

Water3 cups stock or water

Soy sauce2 tsp

Dried red chilli15, snipped

Sichuan peppercorn2 tsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3 stalks, sliced

Method

6 steps

1Toss the fish with half the salt, the egg white and cornflour. Rest 10 minutes.
2Blanch the sprouts and cabbage for a minute and line a deep serving bowl with them.
3Fry the chilli bean paste, ginger and half the garlic in 1 tbsp oil on low.
4Add water and soy, bring to a boil, then lay in the fish slices one by one. Poach until just opaque.
5Pour fish and broth over the vegetables. Top with remaining garlic, chillies and Sichuan pepper.
6Heat the remaining oil until shimmering and pour it over the chillies.

Serve it like this

Bring the big bowl to the table still crackling, with a slotted spoon to lift fish and vegetables. Rice on the side; the oil stays in the bowl.

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

Sichuan

Sichuan boiled fish

Called boiled fish. Arrives under a sizzling blanket of chilli. Sichuan has a sense of humour.

40 minTime

30 gProtein each

hotSpice

Boiled, in name only2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayVelveted fish under chilli and Sichuan pepper, sizzled with hot oil.

The original

367kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

40minutessame

Shui zhu yu as Sichuan serves it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish500 g firm white fish fillet, thinly sliced

Salt1 tsp, divided

Egg white1 egg white

Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp

Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)1½ cups bean sprouts

Napa cabbage (wombok, chinese leaf)a few leaves, torn

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp, divided

Doubanjiang2½ tbsp chilli bean paste

Ginger1½ tbsp, minced

Garlic6 cloves, minced, divided

Water3 cups stock or water

Soy sauce2 tsp

Dried red chilli15, snipped

Sichuan peppercorn2 tsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3 stalks, sliced

Method

6 steps

1Toss the fish with half the salt, the egg white and cornflour. Rest 10 minutes.
2Blanch the sprouts and cabbage for a minute and line a deep serving bowl with them.
3Fry the chilli bean paste, ginger and half the garlic in 1 tbsp oil on low.
4Add water and soy, bring to a boil, then lay in the fish slices one by one. Poach until just opaque.
5Pour fish and broth over the vegetables. Top with remaining garlic, chillies and Sichuan pepper.
6Heat the remaining oil until shimmering and pour it over the chillies.

Serve it like this

Bring the big bowl to the table still crackling, with a slotted spoon to lift fish and vegetables. Rice on the side; the oil stays in the bowl.

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

Sichuan boiled fish

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Sichuan boiled fish

Make it your way

Ingredients

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