I have tried this baked fish recipe several times ever since I got the hang out of it. One day, I decided to get creative (again?) and merge some essence of "Chinese"into it. Well, sometimes when you get too busy with work, you need to think of new ways of doing things. And being scientifically trained in the past, efficiency always comes to mind.
It is definitely not the most traditional way of cooking this dish - Fish with Black Bean Sauce - 鼓汁鲜鱼, but it may be a good easy way to round up your long working day with something nutritious and tasty for dinner.
If I prepare the black bean sauce (with all the cutting and frying) on a Saturday/Sunday, what I only need to do on a working Monday is just to thaw my fish fillet in the morning before I head off to work, and in the evening - remove the thawed fish from the fridge, score the fish, lay it on a foil, pour the sauce (already prepared in advance) over the fish, wrap it up and send it to the oven. And it makes my black bean fish recipe original, isn't it ? ;p
Baked Fish with Black Bean Sauce
Ingredients: 1 snapper fillet, score and season with some salt and pepper
Sauce:
1tsp black bean paste (I use Woh Hup brand bottled paste), 1tsp garlic minced, half knob ginger thinly sliced, sliced green onion, cooking wine, drizzle sesame oil
Directions:
1. In a lightly oiled sauce pan, fry the minced garlic, minced ginger,green onion till fragrant. Make sure the garlic is not burnt or it will turn bitter
2. Add in black bean sauce and fry quickly. Mix well with garlic, ginger and green onion
3. Add 1-2tbsp water to dilute the mixture. Heat to simmer
4. When ready, drizzle some cooking wine along the pan edge, then add few drops of sesame oil
5. If preparing this sauce in advance, store in air-tight container and put in the fridge when sauce is cooled down.
6. When ready to "cook" the actual dish, pour the sauce mixture over the thawed fish and bake 200deg C for 8-10 minutes (Note: I followed Jamie Oliver's rule of thumb ~ 8 minutes for a pound of fish)
Did you realize? No turning on of stove and washing of pan on a work day! You just leave all the sweat to a weekend and enjoy a fuss-free homemade dinner on a weekday. Errrr...of course, you still need to cook the rice ^0^..and there is a rice cooker to help you.
I''m submitting this recipe to Original Recipes Monthly, so that worker bees like yourself can use similar "concept" and whip up a nice and simple dish for dinner.
Tag: baked fish, black bean sauce,seafood
just perfect with a cup of steamed white rice... :)
ReplyDeleteI don't bake fish often enough! It's so easy and tasty.
ReplyDeleteThe fish looks succulent. And of course, I don't complain about anything being quick and delicious.
ReplyDeleteLooks so delicious! I love steaming stuff with black beans. Some red chili would be really nice =)
ReplyDeleteoh i love a really fresh snapper! this looks yum yum yummy x
ReplyDeleteI love fish and your snapper looks really fresh! Black bean and ginger... and onions.. perfect combo!!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to eat them with porridge! :)
ReplyDeleteLots of flavors going into the fish! Perfect combo of flavors. I would eat it with rice, and pour the liquid sauce on the bottom into the rice for some yummy flavor :).
ReplyDeleteTiga - I think you have a typo in the Chinese word. Not 鼓, lol. But I tried to look for that word, also cannot find. LOL. Anyway, fish looks so fresh and yummy. I haven't had a steamed fish dish on RM, can you imagine? Because the fish in 99 Ranch all red eyes.
ReplyDeleteLol, I'm one of those working bees. Thank you so much for sharing it with Original Recipes :D.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I call an all inclusive dish: it's full of favour, it's quick, it's healthy and on top of that it's easy to do too!
Mm nice,
ReplyDeleteI think I can eat 2 bowls of rice just with that dish!
Looks gorgeous... Would this work if I just steamed it though? I just bought a new electric steamer and have been steaming chicken with herbs in its own juices but looking at fish next. What do you think? :)
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous... Would this work if I just steamed it though? I just bought a new electric steamer and have been steaming chicken with herbs in its own juices but looking at fish next. What do you think? :)
ReplyDeleteYummy! I miss this kind of fresh fish for steaming!
ReplyDeleteUmmm.. this is delicious!
ReplyDeleteMy weekend snapshots are posted here and here. Have a great week ahead!
Ummm .. That looks scrumptious ... have a great week ahead!
ReplyDeletethat looks so yummy!! my WS is up too.
ReplyDeleteI luv black bean sauce and I think it goes so well with the steamed fish :D
ReplyDeletewow... yummy!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really good... now I`m hungry, lol.
ReplyDeleteGood idea! Let the sweat in the weekend and enjoy it in the week days :)
ReplyDeleteMy sweetheart loves to cook. I will try to get him to sample this recipe!
ReplyDeleteWow sounds simple and delish.... Congrats on winning MLLA-seventh helping...
ReplyDeleteIt is really a fuss-free recipe for me! A tasty n healthy dish for the family! ;)
ReplyDeletelove this red snapper with BBS!!yummy!
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. Love the red snapper recipe, we're fans of Jamie O. too. Good healthy and tasty recipe. A million miles away from all the sweet recipes around this time of year!
ReplyDeleteThank you ;0)
You know ... my baked fish never turns out right ... sigh.
ReplyDeleteAnd my oven just spoiled :(
This sounds good! I really like using black bean sauce in all kinds of dishes.
ReplyDeleteso easy peasy, thanks for the tips ;-)
ReplyDeleteLooks so yummy... and easy to boot!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, this reminds me of my dad's favorite fish in black beans recipe!! yummy!
ReplyDeleteps, i miss your blog dear, i've been out for a while :-)
esp since the fish looks so fresh! Very healthy.
ReplyDeleteThe black bean sauce sounds fanastic! Great idea for a quick meal.
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