Steamed Sea Bass With Ginger and Shiitakes

Submitted by Annacia

"I just came across this once again and remembered that I wanted to try it. I'm posting it so that I'll remember to do so. I do question the smoking hot oil part a bit though."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 (6 ounce) skinless sea bass fillets (or any similar type fish about 6 oz each)
• sea salt
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1⁄4 cup fresh ginger, cut into thin strips
• 1 cup finely sliced shiitake mushroom
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 4 green onions, sliced diagonally
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil (regular or chile-infused)
• 1⁄2 cup soy sauce

directions

1. Bring water to a boil under a metal or bamboo steamer.
2. Sprinkle sea bass with salt, black pepper, and cayenne; place on a piece of parchment paper inside steamer.
3. Top with ginger and shiitakes, cover and steam 15 minutes.
4. Remove fish and place on a plate. Sprinkle cilantro and green onions on fish; drizzle with juices from parchment.
5. In a small sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until smoking. Pour some oil over each fillet to wilt cilantro and green onions.
6. Drizzle plates with soy sauce.

Reviews

[AcadiaTwo]

I made this for Mother's Day this weekend and it was delicious! I omitted the cilantro however. Everyone thought it was fabulous! Fish was done to perfection. The mushrooms and green onion really enhanced the flavor of the fish. Unfortunately, I missed taking photos of it as I was consumed with getting the rest of the food on the table and served. Made for Honor Thy Mother - Diabetic tag.

 

[breezermom]

Loved it! The flavors are so fresh and clean tasting! I did change something a bit.....I heated the sesame oil (added some Mongolian fire oil). Once it started smoking, I poured it over the green onions and cilantro, which I had placed in a small bowl. Then I topped the fish. This wilted the green onions and cilantro, but left the fish alone. I thought this was fabulous! Thanks for sharing. Made for Photo Tag!

 

[Hey Jude]

This was really good. I halved the recipe for just my husband and myself, left out the cayenne pepper because of my husband's stomach issues. I also left out the salt because with 1/2 cup of soy sauce at the end of recipe I felt it didn't need any more sodium. The black pepper in step two wasn't listed in the ingredients...I just did a few grounds over the fish to our taste. I did lower the amount of soy sauce, 1/2 cup is way too much (I halved the recipe and 1/4 Cup is still too much, I used about 2 T. of the soy sauce). The 'smoking oil' is a nice touch and I've done that before in similar recipes...it wilts the cilantro and adds great flavor, however, I used half sesame oil and half peanut oil....a little sesame oil goes a long, long way! Thanks for the recipe Annacia!