Steamed Scallops with Black Bean Sauce

Name: Steamed Scallops with Black Bean Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp spring onions/scallions; 8 scallops, preferably in the shell; 30 ml/2 tbsp Chinese Hsiao Hsing wine; 15 ml/1 tbsp fermented black beans; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped root ginger; 2.5 ml/½ tsp sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp spring onions/scallions

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

When scallops are fresh, they taste exquisite when simply steamed in their shells. Here, they are served with a little flavoursome sauce made from Chinese wine, black bean sauce and fresh ginger, which perfectly complements the sweet, tender flesh of the scallops.

Ingredients

8 scallops, preferably in the shell
30 ml/2 tbsp Chinese Hsiao Hsing wine

Asia
China
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3. Spread the scallops in a single layer on a baking sheet. Heat them for a few moments until they gape, then remove them from the oven.