Braised Trout in Chilli Bean Sauce

Name: Braised Trout in Chilli Bean Sauce (Dou Ban Yu 豆瓣魚)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2½ tbsp Sichuan chilli bean paste; 2 tsp finely chopped ginger; 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 100 ml cooking oil, plus 2–3 tbsp more; 1 tsp light soy sauce, to taste; 2 tsp potato flour dissolved in 1½ tbsp cold water; 4 tsp finely chopped garlic; 200 ml stock; 1 tsp sesame oil; 3–4 tbsp finely sliced spring onion greens; Salt; 1 rainbow trout (about 350 g), scaled and cleaned, but with head and tail intact

Dou Ban Yu 豆瓣魚

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Every Grain of Rice

By Fuchsia Dunlop

Published 2012

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