Teochew Steam Promfet

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Serving for 4

Ingredients

200 – 300g promfet fish

10g pork fats

1 leaf salted vegetable

4 slices ginger

pepper

1 sour plum

1 Tbsp water

1 dash of light soy sauce

2 medium size dried shitake mushroom

Method:

1. Clean the fish and cut an “X” on the fish. (This is to enable easier cooking)

2. Lay the salted vegetable on the bottom of the steam plate. Put the fish on top of it.

3. Squashed the sour plum and spread over the fish.

4. Slice the pork fat into strips of about 2 – 3 cm by 0.5 cm by 0.5 cm (Length X Breadth X Thickness). Spread them over the fish.

5. Soak dried mushroom with hot water till soft. Cut the mushroom in slice of 2 mm thick. Spread them on the fish.

6. Mix soy sauce, pepper and water. Pour over the fish.

7. Put in a steamer or wok to steam it for 10 mins.