Salmon Steamed with Black Beans

This is a full-flavored steamed dish. The Chinese are masters at this technique. Instead of salmon, you can use any meaty seafood, such as sea bass or even scallops or shrimp, adjusting cooking times accordingly. Oysters in the shell are also delicious. I usually use a Chinese bamboo steamer set over a pot of boiling water. The advantage of these steamers is that you can stack several on top of each other to easily double the recipe. If you don’t have a bamboo steamer, you can jury-rig your