Steamed Carp

Ingredients :

2 lbs Silver Carp Fish (or other fish)

2 tbsp Yeos fermented soybeans (unsalted), mashed

2 tsp minced garlic1 tsp minced ginger

4 tbsp cooking oil

2 tbsp chopped green onions

2 tbsp chopped serrano chilies

2 tbsp chopped red bell pepperschopped cilantroshaoxing cooking winewhite pepper and sugar to taste

6 oz water

Method :
1) Clean fish well. Slit the fish along the underbelly and also make inch-and-a-half-apart slits across the body of the fish.

2) Pan-fry minced garlic in cooking oil on low heat until golden brown. Spoon out 2 tbsp of the oil and and set aside.

3) Add minced ginger, chopped green onions, serrano chilies, and red bell peppers and stir-fry until fragrant and set aside.
4) Pan-fry the mashed fermented soy beans on low heat until fragrant, and rub the bean paste all over the fish. Place fish in steaming pan with 6oz of water.

5) Sprinkle ingredients from step

3) all over fish. Add a splash of cooking wine over fish and white pepper and sugar to taste. Steam on high heat for 15 minutes or until fish flakes with fork.

6) Heat fragrant garlic oil from step 1) and splash over fish. Sprinkle chopped cilantros and let fish stand in steamer for an additional 1 minute with heat off.