Steamed Sea Bass with Ginger and Spring Onion

This is one of the easiest dishes to prepare and yet is greeted with more delight at the dinner table than almost any other. The cooking method is typically Cantonese, which is to say that it relies on superbly fresh produce and minimal intervention: the seasonings are there just to enhance the flavour of the fish. The only thing you need to be careful with is the timing, making sure the fish is not overcooked.

Don’t worry too much about quantities, just use those I’ve given as a gu