Chinese Steamed Fish

Name: Chinese Steamed Fish
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 whiting (about ¾ pound each); 2 tablespoons dry white wine; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; 2 chopped spring onions (or 2 tablespoons coarsely-chopped onion or shallots); 4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 level teaspoon cornflour; ¼ pound button mushrooms; 1 clove garlic, finely-chopped; 2 chopped spring onions (or 2 tablespoons coarsely-chopped onion or shallots); 2 chopped spring onions (or 2 tablespoons coarsely-chopped onion or shallots)

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

2 whiting (about ¾ pound each)
¼ pound button mushrooms

Asia
China
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Place cleaned fish in a flat dish large enough to hold them. Slice mushrooms thinly and add to dish. Combine finely-chopped garlic and coarsely-chopped spring onion, or onion or shallots, with olive oil, soy sauce, cornflour, dry white wine and salt and black pepper, to taste. Mix well and pour over fish.

Place dish in a large steamer, or on a rack in a large saucepan wide enough to hol