Shui Zhu Yu (Sichuan Boiled Fish)

Name: Shui Zhu Yu (Sichuan Boiled Fish)
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 dried chile de arbol peppers; 2 teaspoons Sichuan bean sauce; 3 stalks celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 2 sprigs cilantro; 1 teaspoons cornstarch; 1 egg white, beaten; 170 grams fillet basa, cut into bite-sized pieces; 3 slices thin slices fresh ginger root; 2 teaspoons minced garlic; 0 teaspoons ground white pepper; 237 milliliters sliced Napa cabbage; 10 Sichuan peppercorns; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 473 milliliters water

Shui Zhu Yu (Sichuan Boiled Fish) might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains about 20g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 279 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes. If you have garlic, ground pepper, cilantro, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Stir the egg white, cornstarch, white pepper, and egg white together in a bowl; add the basa and mix to coat. Set aside and allow to marinate at least 15 minutes.

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White Pepper

Corn Starch

Egg Whites

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Bowl

Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the peppercorns and dried chile peppers in the hot oil until they turn a very dark red (they will look almost black, so be careful not to burn the chilies).

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Dried Chili Pepper

Cooking Oil

Peppercorns

Chili Pepper

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Frying Pan

Remove the dried chili peppers and peppercorns from the skillet. Mince the chile peppers. Mash the peppercorns finely; set aside.

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Dried Chili Pepper

Chili Pepper

Peppercorns

Ground Meat

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Frying Pan

Return the skillet to the medium heat and add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and the bean sauce; cook and stir the bean sauce with the oil until the mixture turns red. Stir the water into the sauce, increase heat to high and cook until the sauce simmers.

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Cooking Oil

Sauce

Water

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Frying Pan

Remove the ginger slices from the marinating fish and add to the boiling sauce; cook the fish at a boil until the flesh turns white.

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Ginger

Sauce

Fish

Divide the celery and cabbage between two soup bowls.

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Cabbage

Celery

Soup

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Bowl

Pour the fish and sauce over the celery and cabbage. Top with the garlic, peppercorns, and chile peppers.

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Chili Pepper

Peppercorns

Cabbage

Celery

Garlic

Sauce

Fish

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over high heat until it just begins to smoke; carefully pour the hot oil over the garlic, peppercorns, and chile peppers.

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Chili Pepper

Peppercorns

Olive Oil