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Although I love fish, forgive me I actually know very little about the kind of fishes and the fish recipes. The most frequent cooking method I prepared is the Cantonese style steamed fish as in my previous post Steamed White Pompfret. If you want something exotic, try Eric’s Spicy Assam Fish. In the meantime, I am still exploring other cooking recipes for fish and welcome to share if you have any other great recipes.

Today’s fish recipe is the Steamed Striped Bass with Bean Sauce. This was my first time of making this but believe me, it tasted real good. Yes, another great fish recipe to share with you. It didn’t smell fishy yet very fresh, the bean sauce mixture also blended well with the fish and made it a very tasty fish dish. This is very important as many people do not like the fishy smell of the fish or seafood.

This is also the first time I get to know about  striped bass (鲈鱼), it is also called “Stripers” or “Rockfish” in the south. This fish is even the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island and South Carolina. It is one of the most sought fishes in US, you can get it easily in the market.

Ingredients:

1 11/2-2lbs whole striped bass (cleaned, head and tail intact)
2 tbsp Shao Xing Wine (紹興酒)
1/4 cup rice wine
2 stalks scallions (cut into 2 inch strips)
1 1″ ginger (sliced)
Some salt for rubbing

Seasoning:

1 tbsp black soy bean sauce (豆瓣醬)
1 tbsp hot soy bean sauce (辣豆瓣醬)
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1  tsp  sugar
1 tsp Shao Xing wine
2 tbsp water
Few drips of sesame oil

Cooking Method:

1. Rub salts inside out of the fish, rinse and clean the fish, place in a plate to fit inside the steamer.
2. Put some slice gingers and cut onions on the plate, put the fish on the plate, stuck some inside the fish cavity and the rest on top. Pour some wine over the fish.
3. Heat the fish in the steamer over high heat about 5 minutes, for the fish is still half-cooked. After 5 minutes,  remove the plate from steamer and pour off steaming liquid accumulated around the fish and discard all ginger and scallions.
4. Mix the soy bean seasoning, pour on top of the fish. Return fish to steamer and steam over high heat for another 5 minutes.
5. Make sure the fish is fully cooked. Add some sesame oil and then sprinkle with spring onions and cilantro for garnish. Serve immediately.