Becker's Easy Eats Lunar New Year Specials: Easy Steamed Sea Bass

Fish is always present in every Chinese festive banquet, especially during Lunar New Year's Eve family dinner. This is because the Chinese word for "fish" is homophonous (sound alike) with the word "surplus" or abundance. Serving a fish dish symbolizes a wish for abundance of wealth in the coming year.

This steamed fish dish is traditionally prepared and served WHOLE, with head and tail on and bone in. But due to the limited size of my serving plate and cooking pan, I can only demonstrate it using fillet. The resulting flavor is nonetheless awesome!

Another important note is the use of pickled glue berries (cordia dichotoma) in the recipe. Glue berry is known by many other names and is popular in Asian cuisine. It provides an added level of umami flavor to the fish, but if you can't find them where you are, you can omit this ingredient.

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EASY STEAMED SEA BASS

Ingredients:
330g of sea bass fillet (about 3 pcs)
2pcs of red chili pepper
1 inch knob of ginger
2 stalks of green onion
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp rice wine
2 tbsp pickled glue berries (optional)
2– 3 tbsp cooking oil for pouring
Salt to taste
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Happy Chinese New Year Song
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