Cantonese Steamed Fish

Serves: 2

Category: Fish & Seafood

Cuisine: Chinese

Difficulty: 1

Recipe course: Mains

Machine: Cooking Machine

Total time (min.): 15

Cantonese steamed fish is often served as one of the courses at a Chinese banquet on Chinese New Year due to the belief that it will bring prosperity. Fish is a symbolic gesture of hope for long-lasting prosperity and a wish that the year will begin and end with a surplus of money. It's also a quick and easy meal to make on any weeknight at home with just a few ingredients.

Ingredients

For the fish:

Oil as needed
300g Water
2 Cod fillets
50g Spring onions- trimmed, sliced lengthwise
20g Ginger- peeled, finely sliced
4 sprigs Fresh coriander- destalked

For the sauce:

1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Granulated sugar
2 tbsp Light soy sauce
2 tbsp Hot Water
1 tsp Sesame oil
1 tbsp Vegetable oil

Tools

Cooking Chef XL
Stir Tool
Steamer Basket
Serving plate

Method

Step 1

Grease the Steamer basket with a little oil
Add water into the appliance bowl
Add cod fillets into the Steamer basket, fit the splashguard
Steam - 10 minutes, 110ºC, speed off
Tip: Or use the Steam preset if applicable
Carefully transfer the steamed fish onto a serving plate
Top with spring onions, ginger and fresh coriander

Step 2

Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Stir Tool
Add salt, granulated sugar, light soy sauce, hot water, sesame oil, vegetable oil into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
Cook – 30 seconds, 110ºC, speed Stir 1
Carefully pour the sauce over the fish
Serve

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