Peacock Spreading Tail Fish
Prepare this auspicious Peacock Spreading Tail Fish to welcome the New Year with good fortune and prosperity.
Story
The fish is sliced and fanned out like a peacock’s tail, then steamed until tender and finished with a sizzling hot oil dressing. The aroma of ginger, garlic, and soy sauce fills the kitchen, creating a festive centerpiece that is as visually striking as it is delicious.
Ingredients
Wuchang fish
1 whole fish
Salt
10 g
Cooking wine
10 g
Shredded green onion
to taste
Shredded ginger
to taste
Sliced garlic
to taste
Millet chili
2 pieces
Steamed fish soy sauce
2 tbsp
Light soy sauce
1 tbsp
Sesame oil
to taste
White pepper
a pinch
Chicken essence powder
a pinch
Roasted white sesame seeds
a pinch
Instructions
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Step 1
Clean the Wuchang fish thoroughly, then rinse clean and drain the water, and cut off the fish head and tail
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Step 2
Then cut the fish back into slices 1 cm thick, without cutting through the belly
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Step 3
After cutting, it looks like this, spread out like a peacock spreading its tail
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Step 4
Place into a bowl
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Step 5
Wash the ginger and cut into strips, peel and wash the garlic and cut into slices, wash the millet chilies and cut into rings, wash the green onion and cut into sections and chopped green onions respectively
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Step 6
Put half of the ginger strips and green onion sections into the fish, add salt, cooking wine, and pepper, mix well and marinate to flavor
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Step 7
Wash the marinated fish and drain the water, then place in a dish (arranged in the shape of a peacock spreading its tail)
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Step 8
Then sprinkle with ginger strips and green onion sections
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Step 9
Place the garlic slices on the tail tips of the fish, then add the millet chilies
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Step 10
Place the dish with the arranged peacock spreading tail fish into a pot of boiling water and steam for 10 minutes
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Step 11
While steaming the fish, prepare a small bowl, add steamed fish soy sauce, light soy sauce, and chicken essence powder, and mix well
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Step 12
Pour over the steamed fish in the pot, cover the pot lid, and let sit for 2 minutes
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Step 13
After 2 minutes, remove from the pot, and pick out and discard the ginger strips and green onion sections
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Step 14
Sprinkle with cooked white sesame seeds, and drizzle with sesame oil
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Step 15
Place a pot on the heat and heat the oil until it smokes
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Step 16
Pour the hot oil over the peacock spreading tail fish and serve
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Step 17
Finished product picture
