Fish With Black Bean Sauce- One Pot Meal

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Fish With Black Bean Sauce

Steaming is one of the preferred methods of cooking whole fish in china because it maintains both the flavor and the texture.

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Ingredients:

2 lb/900 g whole snapper, cleaned and scaled
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp black bean sauce
1 tsp cornstarch
2 tsp sesame oil
e tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp dry sherry
1 small leek, shredded
small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin srips
shredded leek and lemon wedges to garnish
boiled rice or noodles, to serve

Kitchen Tip:

Insert the point of a sharp knife into the fish to test if it is cooked. The fish is cooked through if the knife goes into the flesh easily.

Directions:

Rinse the fish inside and out with cold running water and pat dry with paper towels.
Make 2-3 diagonal slashes in the flesh of each side of the fish, using a sharp knife. Rub the garlic into the fish.
Combine the black bean sauce, conrstarch, sesame oil, light soy sauce, sugar and dry sherry.
Place the fish in a shallow heatproof dish and pdour the sauce mixture over the top. Sprinkle the shredded leek and bell pepper strips on top of the sauce.
Place the dish in the top of a steamer cover, and steam for 10 minutes, or until the fishis cooked through.
Transfer the fish to a serving dish, garnish with shredded leek and lemon wedges, and serveimmediaely with biled rice or noodles.