Steamed Grouper with Soy Sauce
Wow, heated oil! Cantonese-style steamed fish that directly tastes the flavor of high-end fish "Hata"
Description
The star of banquets where fresh grouper (Shiban Yu) is steamed, topped with scallions/ginger, doused with 'piping hot oil' to release aroma, and eaten with special soy sauce.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Shiban Yu(Grouper or white fish)
- White scallions
- Ginger
- Hot oil
- Special soy sauce
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Fish Prep] Remove scales and organs from premium 'Shiban Yu (Grouper)', score deeply for even cooking.
- Lay scallions and ginger on a plate, place fish on top, sprinkle more scallions, ginger, and a little wine over it.
- Steam vigorously in a steamer (high heat) for 10-
- mins depending on size, until flesh is fluffy white.
- Once steamed, remove old scallions/ginger from top, discard fishy juice pooled on the plate.
- Mountain-heap fresh ultra-fine julienned 'white scallions (Cong Si)' and ginger on the fish.
- Heat 'high-temp oil' in a small pot until smoking, pour it vigorously 'sizzle!' over the scallions to explode the aroma.
- Finally, pour a slightly sweet special steaming soy sauce to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Savory scallion oil and ginger aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
White fish like Sea Bream or Sea Bass
Pairing
Premium Taiwan Oolong Tea or White Wine
Trivia
[For Adults] A star seafood dish almost guaranteed to appear in the latter half of Taiwanese weddings or traditional banquets (Banzuo). Uses Cantonese 'Qingzheng' technique, the supreme cooking method to directly taste the umami of grouper's gelatin-rich skin and elastic white meat.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Flake the plump white meat with chopsticks, heavily dipping it into the sweet soy sauce at the plate bottom along with the crisp white scallions on top to eat!
Allergen
Seafood, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)