Sichuan Style Poached Sea Bass With Hot Bean Sauce Recipes

POACHED SEA BASS

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the onions and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes or until they start to become translucent.
• Place the fish on top of the onions and nestle the tomatoes around the fish. Top with oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Pour the wine into the skillet.
• Cover and simmer for 6 minutes or until fish is cooked.
• Top with olives and parsley.
• Serve immediately with rice or on its own.

SICHUAN-STYLE POACHED SEA BASS WITH HOT BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the fish on its side, and using a sharp knife, make three deep parallel cuts about 2 inches apart. Flip the fish and repeat.
• Bring the stock to a boil in a wok. Leave the heat at high and add the fish. When the liquid returns to a boil, lower the heat to simmer. Cook about 6 minutes or until the fish is barely cooked through. Gently remove the fish to a strainer, discarding the stock but reserving any liquids that drip through the strainer.
• Place a clean wok over high heat. When it is hot, add the vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, add the ginger and the scallions. Cook, stirring, for 10 seconds, then add the chili sauce, hot bean paste and sweet rice wine. Cook, stirring, for 20 seconds, then add any reserved poaching liquid, along with the sugar and salt. Bring the sauce to a boil.
• Place the fish in the boiling sauce and spoon some sauce over it. Continue cooking and spooning the sauce over the fish for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Carefully transfer the fish to a platter. Check the sauce for seasoning, pour over the fish and serve.

BRAISED TROUT IN CHILLI BEAN SAUCE (DOU BAN YU)

Steps:

• Make three even, diagonal cuts into the thickest part of each side of the fish, to allow the sauce to penetrate. Rub it inside and out with a little salt, then rub the Shaoxing wine into its belly cavity. Set aside for 10-15 minutes, then drain off any liquid and pat it dry. Rub a little more salt into the skin on both sides (to prevent sticking).
• Add the 1/2 cup (100ml) oil to a seasoned wok over a high flame. When it is hot, slide in the fish and fry on both sides until it is a little golden (it won't be cooked through). You need to turn the fish carefully and tilt it so the oil comes into contact with all the skin. Pour off the oil into a heatproof container and slide the fish on to a plate.
• Clean the wok if necessary, then reheat it over a high flame. Add the 2-3 tbsp oil and reduce the heat to medium. Add the chilli bean paste and stir-fry until the oil is red and smells delicious. Add the ginger and garlic and stir-fry until you can smell them. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil. Slide in the fish and cook for five minutes or so, seasoning with soy sauce to taste. Keep spooning the sauce over the fish and tipping the wok so the whole fish is cooked. (If you are using a larger fish, turn it halfway.) Using a wok scoop and fish slice, carefully lift the fish from the sauce and lay it on a serving dish.
• Increase the heat, stir the potato flour mixture and add just enough to thicken the sauce to a rich, clingy consistency (do this in stages to avoid over-thickening). Stir in the spring onion, then switch off the heat. Stir in the sesame oil and ladle the sauce over the waiting fish.

CHINESE STEAMED SEA BASS

Steps:

• Season sea bass with salt.
• Place 1/3 of the spring onions and ginger onto a glass or ceramic plate; cover with sea bass. Scatter remaining spring onions and ginger over the sea bass.
• Bring a wide pot of water to a boil. Set a rack inside the boiling water; place the plate of sea bass on top. Cover pot and steam until sea bass flakes easily with a fork, 8 to 10 minutes. Pour out any water that may have collected on the plate.
• Mix soy sauce, chile oil, and sugar together in a small bowl; pour over the sea bass before serving.

BAKED CHILEAN SEA BASS IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• FOR THE BLACK BEAN SAUCE, combine the orange juice, sherry, sake, oyster sauce, black beans, soy sauce, lime juice, cilantro, garlic, ginger, jalapeno, and cornstarch in a medium bowl and whisk to mix well. Set aside.
• PREHEAT THE OVEN to 350°F.
• HEAT THE OIL in a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fish and cook until well browned, about 1 minute per side. Remove the skillet from the heat, pour the black bean sauce over the fish, and put the pan in the oven to bake until the fish is just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes longer.
• SET A PORTION of the fish onto each individual plate. If the black bean sauce has not thickened, boil until reduced slightly. Spoon the black bean sauce over and around the fish and serve.

STEAMED SEA BASS WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Place a rack in a wok or frypan with 1" water.
• Place fish in pyrex pie plate in a single layer.
• Spread black bean sauce over top and side of fish.
• Top with ginger and green onion.
• Drizzle oil over fish.
• Place pie plate on rack, cover and steam for about 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
• Remove and garnish with cilantro.

STEAMED SEA BASS WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash the fish in cold running water. Pat dry with kitchen paper, then slash 3-4 slits into the skin on both sides. Season all over with salt and ground white pepper. Place ginger slices in the slits of the fish and inside the cavity.
• Place the fish on a plate that fits inside your wok. In your wok place a pudding bowl upside down and pour water to come halfway up. Place the wok on the heat and bring the water to a boil.
• Pour the rice wine over the fish, put the plate onto the upside-down bowl and place the lid of the wok on top. Steam on high heat for 8-9 mins, then leave to rest.
• While the fish is cooking, make the black bean sauce. Add the groundnut oil to a hot wok or frying pan. When it starts to smoke, add the garlic, ginger and beans (or use 100g ready-made black bean sauce) and stir-fry for a few secs. Add the rice wine, sesame oil and light soy sauce, then bring to the bubble.
• Carefully remove the fish (you can keep it on the plate that you cooked it on). Garnish with the spring onions and coriander, then drizzle over the black bean sauce and serve with rice.