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Crab Roe Steamed Sea Bass

Arrange sea bass fillets, fish maw, ham, and ginger blossoms on a plate and steam until just cooked. Finish with a layer of blanched crab roe for an elegant presentation.

37 min
Easy
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Crab Roe Steamed Sea Bass

Ingredients

Sea bass fillet (cleaned and sliced into 12 pieces, tossed with 2.5 g salt) 750 g
Fish paste (steamed then sliced into 12 pieces) 150 g
Ham (sliced into 12 pieces) 50 g
Crab roe (blanched with boiling water) 50 g
Ginger (cut into flower shapes) 3 g
MSG 3 g
White pepper 0.5 g
Salt (2.5 g used for marinating fish) 10 g
Wet cornstarch 10 g
Cooking oil 75 g
Sesame oil 6 g
Superior stock 150 g

Instructions

1

Ingredient Preparation

Clean the sea bass, remove the scales, gills and innards. Take the clean meat and cut it into 12 slices of even thickness (keep the head and tail aside), then toss with 2.5 g of salt. Steam the fish paste until cooked, then cut it into 12 even slices of the same size. Cut the ham into 12 slices of the same size. Cut the ginger into small flower shapes.

2

Plating and Steaming

On a plate, arrange the fish slices, fish paste and ham slices into a fish-scale pattern, top with the ginger flowers, and steam over high heat in a steamer until fully cooked. Remove and pour off the original liquid.

3

Preparing the Crab Roe

Pour boiling water over the crab roe to blanch it, then lift it out and set aside.