Steamed sea bass in hot beer and ginger lime sauce
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 10 to 30 mins
- Serve
- Serves 2
- Dietary
- Dairy-freeEgg-free
This simple and elegant sea bass recipe makes the most of this delicious fish.
Ingredients
For the sea bass
- ginger: 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled and cut into long thin strips (juilienne)
- spring onion: 1 spring onion, sliced into long strips
- sea bass: 1 whole wild sea bass (about 550g/1录lb), de-scaled, gutted, cleaned and skin scored several times with a sharp knife
- dry sherry: 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
For the hot ginger lime and beer sauce
- : 2 tbsp groundnut oil
- ginger: 1 tbsp freshly grated root ginger
- zest: 1 lime, zest only
- dry sherry: 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- beerbeer: 330ml/11陆fl oz Chinese beer or other light beer
- soy sauce: 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- spring onion: 1 spring onion, sliced into long strips (juilienne)
- fresh coriander: 1 large handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped
- basmati rice: steamed wild basmati rice, to serve
Method
For the sea bass, sprinkle half of the ginger and spring onion strips across the fish, or tuck some into the scores made in the skin. Place the remaining ginger and spring onion into the fish cavity.
Transfer the fish to a heatproof plate or dish and pour the rice wine over. Place the plate into a large bamboo steamer and cover. Place the bamboo steamer on top of a pan of boiling water (making sure the water does not touch the base of the steamer). Steam the fish for 8-10 minutes (depending on the size of the fish), or until the fish is cooked through (the flesh should flake easily when poked with chopsticks). Turn off the heat and leave the fish in the steamer to rest.
For the sauce, heat a wok until smoking and add the oil. Add the grated ginger, stir-frying for a few seconds. Stir in the lime zest, followed by the beer and soy sauce. As soon as the liquid comes to the boil, add the spring onions and coriander, then remove from the heat.
To serve, carefully remove the plate of fish from the bamboo steamer, pour the sauce over the fish and serve immediately with steamed wild basmati rice.
