Easy Classic Hong Kong Style Steamed Whole Fish
By Tiffy Cooks
The Classic Hong Kong style Steamed Whole Fish is a must-have during Lunar New Year; it brings an abundance of wealth in the new year. A famous saying "年年有鱼" in Chinese is a play on words that means by having fish; you will have surplus overflowing every year! For extra luck, make sure always to have the head of the fish facing the eldest person in the room.
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Fish around 2 lb, cleaned, can be tilapia, rockfish, or any white fish you like.
- 8 Green Onion
- 6 slices Ginger thin
- 2 tbsp Chinese Cooking Wine
- 1/4 cup Oil
Steamed Fish Sauce
- 4 tbsp LKK Premium Soy Sauce
- 3 tbsp Sugar
Instructions
- Stuff 2 stocks of green onion and 3 thin slices of ginger in the fish.
- Pour on 2 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine and steam for 20 minutes.
- Thinly julienne green onions and slice up the rest of the ginger.
- Heat 1/4 cup of oil. In the meantime, in a bowl, mix soy sauce and sugar.
- Once the fish is cooked, transfer the fish onto a new serving plate and remove all the stuffing. Place green onion and ginger on top of the fish and pour on the sauce.
- Drizzle on hot oil all over the green onion and ginger, then garnish with some more green onion.
Video
Notes
TIP: You can choose tilapia, cod, snapper, rockfish, or any white fish you like.You may need to adjust the timing depending on the size of your fish. Generally speaking, for 1-1.5 lb, you will cook the fish for 10-12 minutes, and for 1.5-2, you will cook for 15-20 minutes. If you can remove the meat off the bone easily, then the fish is cooked.
Nutrition
Calories: 407kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 48gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 113mgSodium: 1128mgPotassium: 804mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 239IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 2mg
