Steam fish with herbs and cheezeeeeeeeeeeeee

Lately I have been trying out steam fish with various ingredients and I personally like this one….

Serving for 2 persons

Cooking time 5 mins

Preparation time 2 mins

Ingredients

300g codfish or catfish

1 tsp mixed herbs

10 g grated cheddar cheese

1 tsp lemon juice

Method

1. Thaw and wash the fish.

2. Add mixed herbs, lemon juice and lay grated cheese on fish

3. Steam in microwave for 5 mins

Steam Cod/Salmon with Miso

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Servings for 2 – 3 persons

Ingredients

300g Cod Fish/Salmon

2 Tbsp Miso Paste

2 slices Ginger

1 tsp sesame oil

A dash of pepper

A pinch of salt

1 sour plum or lime or lemon (optional)

Method

1. Marinate fish with salt, sesame oil and pepper for 5 mins

2. Lay ginger on the fish and spread miso over it

3. Squeeze sour plum over the fish or lime or lemon (optional)

3. Heat wok and steam fish for about 20 mins

Fisherman’s Village tofu

Preparation Time: 30 mins

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Servings for 4 to 5

Ingredients

400 g prawns

1 tube tofu

1 salted egg

2 Tbsp oyster sauce

½ cup of water

1½ Tbsp corn starch

2 tsp salt

½ tsp sugar

Method

1. Remove the shell from the prawns, mix some salt and rinse it off

2. Use the blade of a chopper to press on the prawns to mince them till in a paste

3. Marinate with 1 tsp salt, and sugar for 10 mins

4. Cut the tofu each about 2 cm thick and use either a melon scoop or teaspoon to remove the centre of each tofu like a little well

5. Lay the tofu on a plate and on each well sprinkle some corn starch

6. Scoop the prawn paste and put it on top of the tofu

7. Break the fresh salted egg and drain off the egg white in a bowl, minced the egg yolk and lay on top of each prawn paste

8. Heat wok and heat the mixture containing water with oyster sauce and sugar

9. Pour the egg white around the tofu and put it in a steamer and steam for 15 mins

10. Pour the warm oyster sauce mixture around the tofu

Dark Soy Sauce fried fish?

Preparation Time: 20 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Serving for 2 – 4 persons

Ingredients

Fried fish left overnight

1 Tbsp dark soy sauce

3 slices of ginger and julen them

dash of pepper

5 Tbsp water

Method:

1. Heat wok and add ginger with a some cooking oil

2. Add the fish together with water and dark soy sauce

3. Stir fry for about 2 mins and lower the heat to let it simmer for another 2 mins

4. Add pepper before serving

Panfried Steam Salmon

Preparation Time: 20 mins

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Serving for 3 – 4 persons

Ingredients

300 – 400g skinless salmon fillet

3 tsp lemon/lime juice

1 tsp lemon/lime zest

1 tsp salt

pepper

1 Tbsp butter

8 Tbsp water

2 twigs of Rosemary
Method:

1. Marinate fish for 5 mins with salt and pepper on both side of the fish

2. Heat the frying pan at low heat and add the butter

3. Fry each side of the fish for about 2 mins

4. Add water, rosemary, lemon and zest

5. Cover the pan with a lid and steam for another 10 mins

Black bean with Codfish/Perch

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Serving for 2 – 4 persons

Ingredients

300 g codfish/perch

2 tsp salted black bean seed

2 slices of ginger

1 tsp sesame oil

dash of pepper

1 Tsp water

1 stalk of spring onion

Method:

1. Wash your fish and put it on a plate for steaming.

2. Wash your salted black bean to remove the saltiness.

3. Lay the ginger slices on top of the fish.

4. Add the bean, oil, chopped spring onion about 4 cm long and water over the fish.

5. Heat the steamer or wok with water and cook the fish for about 10 mins.

6. Once cooked sprinkle pepper over the fish.

Chilli Crab….YUMMY :p

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Serving for 3 – 4 persons

Ingredients

1 Kg Crab

6 large chilli

3 small onions

½ Tbsp bean paste

¼ piece ginger

1 egg

1 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine

1½ Tbsp tomato sauce

½ Tbsp corn starch with 1 Tbsp water mixture

Method to prepare Bean paste mixture

1. Pound the chilli, ginger and small onions; mix them with the bean paste

Method to prepare soup base

1. Mix one rice bowl of water, 2/3 tsp salt, 3 tsp sugar, 1 Tbsp vinegar or lime juice

Method to stir fry

1. Heat wok and add 3 Tbsp cooking oil and add bean paste mixture. Stir fry for about 5 to 10 mins

2. Add the crab and stir fry. Add Chinese cooking wine followed by soup base. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 mins

3. Add tomato sauce, corn starch mixture and beaten egg mixture. Stir fry and ready to serve

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.

Prawns with Tomato sauce

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Preparation Time: 30 mins

Serving for 2 – 3

Ingredients

1 large onion

1 tomato

250 g medium size prawns

2 Tbsp Tomato sauce

1 Tbsp water

1 tsp salt

Method

1. Wash, remove the prawn shell and marinate with a dash of salt and pepper for 10 mins

2. Cut onion and tomato in cubes

3. Heat the wok with cooking oil, add prawns, water, tomato sauce and salt to stir fry

4. Add a dash of sesame oil before serving

Panfried Salmon with Leek

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Serving for 2 – 3

Ingredients

3 leeks stem

300 g Salmon fillet

1 tsp salt

dash of pepper

1 tsp sesame oil

½ tsp light soy sauce

¼ tsp corn starchMethod

1. Wash, remove skin and bones of salmon

2. Marinate with salt and pepper for about 10 mins

3. Slice the leek stem

4. Panfried at low heat the salmon

5. Add half a cup of water in hot wok with leek. Cook leek till soft then add soy sauce and sesame oil. Cook for about another 5 mins add corn starch to thicken

6. Pour the leek over the salmon before serving