Steamed Fish with Diced Red Peppers

Hi there. Long time no post! I'm glad I was able to update my blog again. I feel like coming back to my home town. Haha! Anyway, as I return, I'm coming with my recreation dish. And hopefully you'll love it like I did.

The dish I'm sharing with you today is a Chinese dish. Since my uncle works as a chef at a Chinese resto in Manila. When he comes at our home, he would bring their restaurant's specialty food with  him. One of the my favorite that I have never tasted before is the Steamed Fish Head with Diced Red Peppers. I just couldn't wait every week when he's coming home knowing and hoping that he would bring the dish with him again. I fell in love with this dish the first time I tasted it. Yum! Love at first taste!

So I did my very best to come up with the same taste but I just made it close enough haha! But don't mumble yet, though it's not as authentic as the Chinese dish, it tasted great. Mom, Dad, Sis and Mom's friend gave it compliments. 

Now, I don't want to take it longer just to share it. So shall we start?

Make sure that you already have these cookwares and utensils.
- steamer or steaming pot set
- stainless plate that will fit inside the steaming pot (slightly deep enough that would catch the water from the steamed fish)
- sauté pan (preferably 10 inch. in diameter)

STEAMED FISH WITH DICED RED PEPPERS

Ingredients:

4  slices fish (head or body, I used Red Snapper steak cut)
3  pcs.  red bell pepper (large, diced)
5   cloves garlic (finely diced)
1   medium onion (diced)
1  tsp. ginger (finely diced for steaming) and 1 tbsp. ginger (julienned for sauce)
3  tbsp.  chopped scallions (leave 1/3 part for garnish)
2  tbsp. fermented black beans
2  pcs. red hot chili pepper (chopped)
2  tbsp.  fish sauce
3  tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. cooking oil (1 1/2 tbsp for sauteing and 1/2 tbsp to be rub for fish)
chicken powder
1/4 cup water for sauce and 3-5 cups for steaming (of using steaming pot set)
salt and pepper


Procedures:

Wash the fish thoroughly and make sure no fish blood is left in the meat, we want to avoid too fishy taste. (Others doesn't like the fishiness of some dishes)

Strain fish to drain water. Season the fish cuts with salt, pepper and cooking. For additional taste, you may also add a little bit of chicken powder.

Set the seasoned fish in a stainless plate and add these portions of ingredients on top of seasoned fish.
1/4 diced red bell pepper
1/2 of diced garlic 
1/2 of diced onion
2/3 of chopped scallions
1/3 of finely diced ginger

Pour 3-5 cups water in the steaming pot enough that it would steam the fish for 10 to 20 minutes. Then set the plate of fish in the steamer. Set the stove on low fire.

Monitor the fish until it is cooked.



For the sauce:

While waiting, we can now start making our sauce.

In low heated sauté pan, sauté garlic, julienned ginger, onion and red bell pepper. Cook for 3 minutes. (You can add few tablespoons of water to avoid burning the mixture while cooking it). Add the chopped red hot chili peppers.

Add the fermented black beans and cook for 3-5 minutes. Afterwards, you may season the mixture with fish sauce, salt, pepper and brown sugar. Again, it is just optional, you can also add teaspoon of chicken powder if you do prefer it. Let it cook.

Once the fishes are done with steaming, you may now carefully transfer them in the sauté pan. Avoid breaking the fish steaks, they're so fragile when cooked. Let the dish boil for 3 more minutes.

Garnish with scallions and serve. Enjoy!! Hao hao chi!!

Steamed Fish with Diced Red Peppers

I hope you did love how it turned out. This dish is so irresistible, yummy yet healthy! Till we make dishes again. This is your loving friend, Kody!

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The author: If  you have comments, suggestions, questions and/or reactions please feel free to contact me with my email: huggybear0318@gmail.com. It will be my pleasure to answer and reply to your queries. If I can be any of help on creating the dish I shared with you, I will be happy to help you too. I could also share some tips if you ask so and I'm always open with your ideas and tips. We can exchange ideas. Thank you. Happy reading!