Soft-Simmered Pearl-Curtain Fish

Name: Soft-Simmered Pearl-Curtain Fish
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1.5 Cucumber fish (washed, head and tail removed and reserved, central bone removed, sliced into page-like pieces, half minced); 5 g Water chestnuts (mixed into the fish paste); 2.5 g Fat pork (diced); 3 Egg whites (beaten into a gel, used as a coating); 5 g Starch (mixed into a paste for coating); 3 Greens; a pinch Egg yolks (original text reads 'xun huang'); a pinch Cilantro; a pinch Scallion whites; a pinch Chili pepper; a pinch Garlic cloves; 5 g Sugar; 5 g Vinegar; 5 g Fine salt; 0.1 g MSG; 10 g Sesame oil; a pinch Pepper

Thinly sliced fish fillets are layered with minced meat filling and steamed into a pearl-curtain shape, then drizzled with a sweet, sour, and mildly spicy sauce.

40 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Cucumber fish (washed, head and tail removed and reserved, central bone removed, sliced into page-like pieces, half minced) 1.5

Water chestnuts (mixed into the fish paste) 5 g

Fat pork (diced) 2.5 g

Egg whites (beaten into a gel, used as a coating) 3

Starch (mixed into a paste for coating) 5 g

Greens 3

Egg yolks (original text reads 'xun huang') a pinch

Cilantro a pinch

Scallion whites a pinch

Chili pepper a pinch

Garlic cloves a pinch

Sugar 5 g

Vinegar 5 g

Fine salt 5 g

MSG 0.1 g

Sesame oil 10 g

Pepper a pinch

Instructions

Preparing the fish

Wash the cucumber fish and remove the head and tail (reserve them); discard the central bone. Slice one half of the fish diagonally into thin page-like pieces and marinate with the seasonings until ready to use.

Making the fish paste

Mince the other half of the fish into a paste, add egg whites, salt, MSG, and so on, and beat into a gel-like consistency. Mix in the water chestnuts and diced fat pork until evenly combined.

Rolling and steaming

Then roll the paste into each page-like slice of fish to form pearl-curtain shapes. Coat the surface with egg whites and starch paste, garnish with cilantro and egg yolk, and steam in a steamer for 10 minutes until cooked through.