Name: Deh Ta Hsiung’s Chinese Steamed Whole Fish
Yield: serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; 1 grey sea mullet or perch, 675–900 g; 2–3 dried mushrooms, soaked and thinly shredded; 4 spring onions (scallions); 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil; 1 tablespoon rice wine or sherry; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 55 g pork fillet or cooked ham, thinly shredded; 2 tablespoons oil; 2 slices peeled ginger root, thinly shredded

Preparation info

serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

Deh Ta Hsiung, a Chinese chef who came to the school on several occasions to give us a ‘Taste of China’, was so excited by the flavour of grey sea mullet that he almost emigrated to Ireland! I give you his delicious recipe for steamed fish with his permission.