Soft Stuffed Eight-Treasure Mandarin Fish
A dish made by stuffing mandarin fish with eight ingredients.
Ingredients
Mandarin fish (cleaned, scored with parallel cuts, blanched in boiling water)
to taste
Cooked ham (some sliced into half-moons, some diced)
to taste
Soaked dried shiitake mushrooms (some sliced into half-moons, some diced)
to taste
Winter bamboo shoots (some sliced into half-moons, some diced, blanched in boiling water)
to taste
Chicken breast (diced)
to taste
Shrimp
to taste
Scallops
to taste
Green peas
to taste
Refined salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
Cooking wine
to taste
Scallion-ginger juice
to taste
White pepper powder
to taste
Wet starch
to taste
Sesame oil
to taste
Cooked pork lard
to taste
Water starch slurry
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare the fish
Wash the mandarin fish, score it with parallel cuts, and blanch in boiling water. Place it on a plate and season with cooking wine, salt, white pepper powder, and scallion-ginger juice.
2
Prepare and stir-fry the filling
Cut the ham, shiitake mushrooms, and winter bamboo shoots into half-moons and blanch in boiling water; dice the remaining portions. Dice the chicken breast, then stir-fry it together with the shrimp, green peas, and scallops. Add refined salt, cooking wine, and other seasonings, drizzle with sesame oil, then remove from heat.
