SICHUAN BOILED FISH (SHUI ZHU YU, 水煮鱼)
Sichuan Boiled Fish, or shui zhu yu, is a very popular dish in China's Sichuan specialty restaurants. This Sichuan boiled fish is heavy on the oil, Sichuan peppercorns, and dried red chili peppers, all used to flavor the delicate fresh fish filets at the center of this dish.
Provided by Judy
Categories Fish and Seafood
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cut the fish into ¼-inch thick slices at a 45-degree angle. The goal is to get pieces of fish with a lot of surface area, as they'll shrink once cooked.
- Next, marinate the fish. Add 3/4 teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper, and 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine. Mix (best with your hand) everything well. Next, add the egg white and mix, followed by 1½ tablespoons cornstarch. Mix until the marinade starts to feel "slimy," for lack of a better term. Finally, drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil over the top--there's no need to mix it in, just drizzle it over the surface. Put the fish in the refrigerator, and marinate for about 20 minutes.
- The active cooking time takes less than 10 minutes, so make sure the rest of the ingredients are prepped while the fish is marinating, and that you're ready to eat right afterwards, because this dish is best served immediately.
- In a wok set over high heat, add the chicken stock, water, ginger, garlic, scallions, ¼ teaspoon of white pepper, and 1 tablespoon of Shaoxing wine. Bring it to a boil. Now is a good time to add salt to taste. Next, add the bean sprouts, and bring to a boil once more. Cook for one minute. Now turn down the heat. Using a fine-meshed strainer, spider, or large slotted spoon, scoop all of the solids out of the soup and transfer to a heat proof serving bowl. It's very important that your serving vessel be heat-proof, as you'll be pouring very hot oil into it later.
- Now, in a small pot, slowly heat up ½ - ¾ cup oil. It doesn't have to be exact, but you should use at least a ½ cup. To test whether the oil is heated to the correct temperature, dip a wooden/bamboo chopstick into the oil and look for small bubbles forming around it, but no smoke. If the oil is smoking, it's too hot!
- When the oil is heating, bring the soup back to a boil, then turn the heat down to low. Place your fish, one piece at a time, into the soup. Once all the fish is in the soup, turn up the heat and bring everything to a boil. Once boiling, immediately pour everything (fish and soup) on top of the vegetables in the serving bowl.
- Quickly sprinkle the dried chili peppers and the green Sichuan peppercorns evenly over the fish, and pour the heated oil evenly over everything. The oil should be hot enough to sizzle the chili and the peppercorns, but not hot enough to burn the spices. Serve immediately!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 316 kcal, Carbohydrate 20 g, Protein 35 g, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Cholesterol 88 mg, Sodium 756 mg, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 7 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SZECHUAN FISH
Very tasty easy dish. You can use other seafood in this same sauce just be careful if you are doing prawn, that you don't over cook them. Marinate them in the sauce, remove and cook in the wok for 3 minutes,remove from wok, cook sauce and put the prawns in for about 1 more minute
Provided by Bergy
Categories Vegetable
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a wok brown the fish on all sides with the green onion& garlic.
- Combine remaining ingredients and pour over the fish.
- Cover& cook on low heat for 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 157.7, Fat 2.1, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 42.6, Sodium 920.7, Carbohydrate 3.5, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 0.6, Protein 26.5
SHUI ZHU YU (SICHUAN BOILED FISH, 水煮鱼)
An authentic Shui Zhu Yu (Spicy Sichuan Boiled Fish) recipe that recreates the ultra aromatic, numbing, spicy sensation you would experience in China.
Provided by Maggie Zhu
Categories Main
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Check to see if there are any residual fish scales. If yes, run your knife gently from the tail to the head to remove the scales.
- Starting at the top of the head, slice along the collarbone.
- Using mainly the tip of your knife, run the blade along one side of the spine to make a 1/2" (1 cm) shallow cut through the skin.
- Make a small slice near the tail, which will be the base of the fillet.
- In smooth motions, use your knife gently to slice the flesh while pressing against the bone and the other hand holding the flesh. Slice the flesh away from the spine until it reaches the rib cage.
- Carefully angle the blade of the knife downward so that you can carve around the bone. It's OK if some of the bones are attached with the fillet, which you can remove later.
- Once the flesh is released from the rib cage, keep slicing it until the fillet is fully detached from the bone.
- Flip the fish over and repeat on the other side, this time from the tail, until you get two pieces of fish fillets.
- Trim the thin white belly from both sides and discard the pieces (depending on the type of the fish they might taste quite oily, but you can reserve them as well).
- Using a heavy knife or a cleaver, remove the head and tail by pressing the knife against the bone and use one strong motion to cut through it. Chop the spine into 4 pieces.
- Starting at the bottom of the fillet, tilt your knife to 45° and slice the fish into 1/4" (1/2 cm) thick pieces.
- Add the cut fillets, bones, and head (if using) to a medium-sized bowl. Keep the bones and the head on one side of the bowl. Add the marinade ingredients. Gently use your hand to mix the sliced fish until the ingredients are evenly coated. Then gently rub the rest of the seasonings onto the bones and fish head. Be careful not to poke your finger on the fish bones. Set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
- Cut the dried chili peppers in half.
- Heat a medium-sized pot over medium-low heat with 2 tablespoons oil. Add the dried chilis, and Sichuan peppercorns. Cook and stir until fragrant but not browned, about 2 minutes. Transfer the spices to a plate to cool slightly, reserving the oil in the pan.
- Add the fried spices into a small food processor or blender. Pulse until coarsely chopped. Set aside.
- Reheat the same pot over medium heat and add the garlic, ginger, green onion whites, and dried chilis. Cook and stir until fragrant, 1 minute or so.
- Add the doubanjiang. Stir for another 2 to 3 minutes. Turn to low heat if the paste starts to stick to the pan too much. You can also pour a bit of water into the pan to release the paste.
- Pour in the Shaoxing wine and use a spatula to lift as much of the brown bits from the bottom as possible.
- Add 5 cups of water and keep scraping the bottom.
- Add the sugar, soy sauce, white pepper, and mushroom/chicken powder (if using). Cook over medium-high heat until bringing to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for another 5 minutes. Use a mesh strainer to remove the solid spices and discard them.
- Prepare a large heat-proof bowl, large enough to hold all the broth, the vegetables, and the fish.
- Add the vegetables to the broth and blanch for 1 minute. Remove them from the broth and place them on the bottom of the big bowl.
- Bring the broth back to a simmer. Add the fish bones and head. Cook for 2 minutes, or until the fish head is cooked through. Add the fish bones to the big bowl. (You can add the fish head as well if the bowl is big enough and if you plan to serve the fish head).
- Bring the broth back to a simmer. Add the fillet slices using your hand, a few pieces at a time, and separate them during the process. Poach for 30 second to a minute, or until the fish is just cooked through. Transfer the fish into the big serving bowl.
- Bring the broth to a boil again. Stir to fully dissolve the cornstarch slurry and pour it into the broth, stirring constantly. Cook for 1 minute. Then pour the broth into the serving bowl, until the fish slices are mostly covered. Set aside the remaining broth if there is any left. (*Footnote 2)
- Spread the prepared topping spices over the broth. You can add a few pieces of dried chili peppers for garnish (optional, and they won't add too much heat).
- Heat the remaining 1/4 cup oil over medium heat in a small pot or saucepan until just smoking. Carefully drizzle the spices over the serving dish. The oil will spatter a bit but shouldn't cause a mess.
- Serve immediately as a main dish with steamed rice.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 g, Calories 224 kcal, Carbohydrate 8.3 g, Protein 21.7 g, Fat 11.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Sodium 724 mg, Fiber 0.8 g, Sugar 2.6 g
SICHUAN BRAISED COD
Make and share this Sichuan Braised Cod recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Gandalf The White
Categories Szechuan
Time 22m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a small bowl, mix the 2 tsp corn starch with the 2 Tbsp rice vinegar.
- Add the chicken broth, soy sauce, and ketchup.
- Season the fish with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
- Spread the 1/2 cup of corn starch on a wide plate.
- Put the eggs in a bowl wide enough to dip the largest pice of cod.
- Dredge the fish in the corn starch.
- Heat 2 Tbsp of oil in a 12 inch non-stick pan over medium high heat until shimmering.
- Move each piece of cod from the corn starch to the egg to coat, then put into the pan.
- Cook on the first side for 3 minutes, then turning the fish, until brown on all sides and a little firm to the touch (total cooking time will be about 5 minutes) -- it should NOT be cooked all the way through.
- Transfer the fish to a large plate.
- Add the remaining 1 Tbsp of oil to the pan, let it warm up, then add the chiles, the white parts of the scallion, and the ginger. Stir fry for 2 ;minutes, until the scallions become translucent, with some brown spots.
- Stir the corn starch and vinegar mixture, then pour it into the pan and stir. The sauce should come to a boil and thicken.
- Reduce the heat to medium low, return the fish to the pan, and flip it to coat all the pieces uniformly with sauce. Cover the pan, with the lid slightly ajar, and cook for 3-5 minutes, until the fish is cooked fully and starting to flake.
- Taste the sauce and re-season with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Put the fish on a serving plate (or individual plates) and garnish with the scallion greens.
WHOLE RED SNAPPER IN SZECHUAN HOT SAUCE
My Mom would prepare this dish using the whole fish. I prefer fillets. Adjust the amount of hot bean sauce to fit your guest taste.
Provided by Peter Pan
Categories Szechuan
Time 35m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Rub the fish with soy sauce and dry wine mixture.
- Let the fish fillets marinated in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a large skillet, saute the fish fillets for about 3 minutes on each side.
- Remove the fillets, add garlic, green onion, ginger, chili bean sauce, tomato paste, sugar, vinegar and water.
- Bring the mixture to a boil before adding the fish fillets back to the skillet.
- Braise the fish in the sauce for about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Mix the cornstarch with 2 tsp of water, stir in the sauce and cook for another minute.
- Sprinkle with sesame oil (optional) and serve immediately with steamed rice and your favorite steamed vegetables.
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- Whisk egg white, wine, cornstarch, grated ginger, salt, white pepper (if using), and 1 tsp. ground Sichuan peppercorns in a medium bowl. Thinly slice fish fillets on a diagonal into ¼" slices and place in bowl with marinade. Toss to coat and let sit 30 minutes while you make the broth.
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