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Easy Chinese style steamed bass
You don't need a steamer to steam fish, any sauce pan with a lid will do. Here is a quick and easy Chinese style bass recipe which can all be done in one pan. This works best for 1 or 2 people. if you are feeding more its best to use the same pan to repeat the process rather than overload the pan this one's all about speed.
you will need : a frying pan or wide bottomed sauce pan that has a lid
Ingredients: Bass fillets (1 per person), pak choi (1 per person), ginger, chilli, garlic, apple Juice, soy sauce, 1 lime.
Cut the Pak Choi into halves keeping the stem intact so the leaves stay together.
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Add some vegetable oil to the pan (you could add a glug of sesame oil here for a different flavour) and gently fry the the pak choi on the cut edges until the caramelise a bit.
While that is happening, dice some chilli, ginger and garlic into matchsticks. About 1 garlic clove, 1/2 a chilli and a thumb sized bit of ginger per person will do.
Remove the pak choi and set aside
Add the ginger chili and garlic to the pan, adding a Little more oil if it is dry.
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Fry for 30 secs or so
To the pan, add 1/2 cup of soy sauce, 1 cup of apple juice and a squeeze of lime per person.
Put the lid on and bring this to a gentle simmer.
Once simmering turn the heat down enough to maintain the simmer then add the pak choi back in.
Important : the pak choi should not be fully submerged
Gently lay the sea bass fillets on to the pak choi so that they sit above the simmering soy liquid.
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Return the lid and simmer for 6 mins
the steam form the boiling liquid will steam the bass so leave the lid on until you think its nearly done.
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serve with sticky jasmine or Basmatti rice and garish with some finely sliced spring onions
enjoy!