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Qing Zheng Yu (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion)
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Qing Zheng Yu (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pat the fish dry, score it lightly on both sides, and rub with the salt.
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Scatter half the ginger inside the cavity and lay a few scallion pieces underneath and on top of the fish on a heatproof plate.
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Set the plate in a steamer over boiling water and steam 10 to 12 minutes, until the flesh flakes easily.
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Pour off any liquid that has collected on the plate, then scatter the fish with the remaining raw ginger and finely shredded scallion.
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Heat the oil in a small pan until just smoking and pour it over the fish and scallions so they sizzle and release their fragrance.
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Drizzle with the light soy sauce and serve immediately.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Qing Zheng Yu (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Qing Zheng Yu (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Fish | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 220 kcal
- Protein
- 27 g
- Carbs
- 1 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 1280 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Qing Zheng Yu (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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