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Fish fillet with ginger & scallions


We never failed to order  this dish whenever we eat out for the simple reason that I've never maked this at home.  All the while I was under the impression that whipping up this dish is a challenge as I was afraid that the fish fillet will disintegrate upon being flipped by the 'spatula'.  I was pleasantly surprised that this was not the case when I finally attempted it. 

The tip lies in the way how the fish fillet is sliced.  After deboning the fish, the fillet is long (according to the length of the fish), then cut it to say 2.1/2 inches portions.  Then slice the portions against the grain of the fillet.  This way the fillet will not be crumbly ........ and it worked!







This plate of fish fillet will go down well with a bowl of piping hot white rice ....................

Ingredients
  • 250 gm fish fillet block, sliced
  • 10 gm young ginger, sliced
  • 2 stalks scallions, cut to 1.1/2 inch lengths
  • 1/4  cup water
  • 1 tsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp light soya sauce
  • 2 tsps Shaoxing wine
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2  tsp cornflour + 1 Tbsp water to thicken
  • Oil for frying
Seasoning for fish fillet
1/2  tsp sugar, 3/4 tsp salt, 3/4 tsp cornflour, a dash of pepper.

Preparation
  1. Season the sliced fish fillet with salt, sugar, cornflour  and pepper, set aside.
  2. Heat up some oil in a pan, add in the fish fillet, stir-fry.  Dish out.
  3. Saute the ginger with the remaining oil till fragrant, add in the water, sugar,  oyster and light soya sauce.  Once boiling, return the fish fillet to the pan.
  4. Add in the scallions, give it a quick stir.  Test for taste and add in the cornflour mixture. 
  5. Turn off heat and drizzle in the Shaoxing wine, dish out to serving plate.
  6. Serve hot with rice.



Comments

  1. My family love this dish.if I cook this dish, I'll have to cooks a lot....hehehe

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  2. A simple dish, yet very 'shiok' with a bowl of rice!

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  3. I also like to order this simple fish dish in restaurant, i must cook this at home one day.Thanks for your tip!

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  4. This is a very delicious dish that I always like to order when I'm at the restaurant. Thanks for sharing the simple recipe Cheah :)

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  5. One more bowl of rice, please. ;-) The ginger/scallion fish fillets looks so succulent!

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  6. I love this healthy yet delicious dish...a great way to cook fish instead of just frying!

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  7. Thanks for the tip Cheah. My fish always disintegrate each time I tried to stir-fry it this way. I guess I cut it wrongly :)

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  8. yummylittlecooks
    Yes, it's a hit amongst most families.

    busygran
    Yes, very 'shiok' indeed, ha, ha!

    Sonia
    Yes, you can try and see how it turns out!

    Anncoo
    You are most welcome!

    Angie
    Yes, more rice as it's appetising.

    Jeannie
    Yes, the kitchen won't be so greasy.

    ICook4Fun
    Yes, it's got to do with the slicing.

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  9. One bowl of steaming hot rice please!

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  10. wow that looks very delicous. Now i am hungry T.T
    i have book the receipe, i will try it out^^

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  11. Nice of you to stop by. Will hop over to yours soon!

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  12. my mum's take on this is with deep-fried ginger (: I love this fish dish!

    http://mummyicancook.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-mums-top-tip-fried-shallots-garlic.html

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  13. Shu Han
    I like this dish because it's light and refreshing. Will peek at yours soon.

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