Boiled Fish-Sichuan

Boiled Fish-Sichuan

Ingredients

Fish marinating

·       One fresh fish around 1000g to 1500g

·       1 tablespoon cornstarch

·       1 teaspoon salt

·       1 tablespoon cooking wine

Other ingredients

·       5 garlic cloves

·       2 green onion , separate white and green part

·       2 cups of Shitake mushrooms , you can choose other vegetables you like for example cucumber or bean sprouts

·       1 inch root ginger , peeled and sliced

·       3 star anise

·       1 large cassia bark , break into small sections

·       2 tsao-kuo , optional

·       1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn

·       10 dried chili red pepper

·       2 tablespoon cooking oil

·       1 tablespoon doubanjiang

·       2 teaspoons dou-chi

·       pinch of salt if needed

·       Water as needed

·       1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds for garnish

Instructions

1.    Cut the fish meat into thin slices and chop the bones into sections.

2.    Put all the bone section and fish slices in large bowl; add cooking wine, cornstarch and salt. Mix thoroughly and set aside to marinade about 15~30 minutes.

3.    Boil some water in wok and cook mushrooms or any other vegetables you like. Then lay the vegetables in the bottom of your final container (you can also use cabbage or other vegetable to replace)

4.    Heat up 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in wok, add star anise, cassia bark and taso ko to stir fry for around 2 minutes until you can smell the aroma.Discard the cassia bark.

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