Chinese Sea Bass Recipes

CHINESE STEAMED SEA BASS

Steps:

• Make 3 diagonal slashes on both sides of the fish to help with the cooking.
• Mix the marinade ingredients and marinate the fish with half the marinade while you get all the other ingredients ready. Be sure to rub it in between the slashes you made.
• Clean and cut the stems off the pak choi, leaving them whole.
• Slice the tomatoes.
• Thinly slice (julienne) the spring onions, ginger and chilli, as in the pictures.
• Decide on the dish that you are going to cook and serve the fish on. It doesn't matter if the head and tail hang over the edges. Line the dish with the tomatoes, followed by the pak choi.
• Place the marinated fish on the vegetables.
• Tuck a few ginger strips in the slices you made. Top the fish with half the aromatics - the spring onions, ginger and chilli strips. Keep the rest to top the finished dish with.
• Drizzle the rest of the marinade all over the fish and aromatics.
• Sprinkle some pepper, then steam the fish for 10 minutes. If you are using a makeshift steamer, the water wants to be simmering, not boiling. Check that the fish is cooked. You can do this by just lifting the meat off the bone with a butter knife or something similar. The meat should be completely opaque. If not done, give it another 2-3 minutes.
• Chop up the coriander (cilantro) while waiting for the fish to cook.
• When the fish is done, heat the 1 Tbsp of sesame oil in a small frying pan on medium heat. When smoking, quickly fry the rest of the spring onions, ginger and chillies for 10 seconds and pour this aromatic oil all over the fish.
• Top with the coriander and serve immediately.

P F CHANG'S OOLONG MARINATED SEA BASS

Steps:

• Combine the first six ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool uncovered, then strain out the ginger, garlic, and tea.
• Put your sea bass fillets in a storage bag or a covered container with 2 cups of the marinade. Reserve the remaining sauce. Let the fish have a nice soak in the marinade for 5 to 7 hours in the fridge. If the sauce doesn't completely cover the fish, be sure to turn the fillets a couple hours in so that all sides get marinated.
• When you are ready to prepare the fish, preheat your oven to 425 degrees F. Arrange the fillets on a baking sheet. Bake the fish for 22 minutes or until the edges of the fillets are starting to turn brown.
• Crank the oven up to a high broil and broil fish for 2 to 3 minutes or until you get some dark patches around the edge of the fillets. Just don't let them burn.
• As your fish is baking, first start to reheat the reserved sauce on low then heat up a wok or large skillet with one tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the spinach, garlic and baby sweet corn, and a dash of salt and pepper to the pan. Saute the veggies just until the spinach is wilted, then arrange the spinach and corn on each of the four plates.
• When the sea bass is done broiling, use a spatula to carefully lay the fillets over the spinach and baby corn on each plate. Split the remaining sauce and pour it over each of the fillets before serving.