Peacock Spreading Tail Fish
This steamed fish is prepared similarly to classic recipes but features the body sliced into connected strips and fanned out like a peacock's tail.
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The fish is marinated with aromatics and steamed until tender, then finished with savory soy sauce and a drizzle of hot oil over fresh scallions and chilies.
Ingredients
Wuchang fish
1 whole fish
Ginger
1 piece
Scallion
2 stalks
Red small chili
2 pieces
Salt
to taste
White pepper
to taste
Peanut oil
to taste
Cooking wine
1 tbsp
Steamed fish soy sauce
2 tbsp
Light soy sauce
1 tbsp
Instructions
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Step 1
Clean the Wuchang fish. (You can also use sea bass instead)
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Step 2
Cut off the head and tail of the fish.
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Step 3
Slice the fish body into thin slices, about this thickness.
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Step 4
Be careful not to cut all the way through at the belly position.
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Step 5
This is what it looks like after slicing.
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Step 6
Place the prepared fish in a container, pour in cooking wine, light soy sauce, a little salt, ground pepper, ginger slices, and chopped green onion, mix well, and marinate for fifteen minutes.
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Step 7
Take a plate and arrange the marinated fish like a peacock spreading its tail. Sandwich a slice of ginger between the fish slices, and sprinkle with scallion whites and shredded ginger.
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Step 8
Place the cut small red chili peppers on top. Pour water into the steamer and bring to a boil over high heat, then place the fish in the steamer and steam for 8 minutes.
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Step 9
Take the steamed fish out, pour off the liquid inside, and remove the ginger and green onion (you can leave the ginger if you don't want to remove it).
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Step 10
Evenly sprinkle steamed fish soy sauce over the fish, and place shredded green onion on top.
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Step 11
Drizzle with hot oil.
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Step 12
Finished.
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Step 13
Finished product picture
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Step 14
Finished product picture
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Step 15
Finished product picture
