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Steamed carp belly...
Steamed carp belly...
Steamed carp belly...
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Steamed carp belly
Steamed carp belly
Steamed
Heheheh...
I chuckled again and again in front of my laptop typing this...I need to get a life.
Love this fish (wan yu), especially the belly. The meat's succulent, satiny smooth, the bones are gigantic and relatively soft, easy to spot and pull out. They're gigantic, and they're relatively cheap! HK$30 (USD3.8) can get you a couple giant slabs of carp belly, which is the exact amount needed to get me sated from a fish.
If you're bored with the usual soy sauce, ginger and spring onion steamed fish combo, try this one.
Clean the carp belly slabs and place them on a plate.
Finely chop 1 clove of garlic, cut a sprig of spring onions to 5 cm pieces, julienne a slice of ginger, finely chop red chilli, scatter them on top of the fish, add a couple tbsp of Chinese bean paste (get this from Asian stores/Chinese grocer, in Cantonese it is called min si. It's remotely similar to miso, but a lot sweeter and it still has beans in it instead of a smooth paste)...
...and steam it for 8-10 minutes.
After steaming...hello succulent, satiny smooth
The heck with food styling (opppps, sorry), let me just quickly devour this.
Rita,
ReplyDeleteIs the bean paste = tauco?
mirip tauco tapi gak fully asin, tuty...ada manis sama asemnya. disini istilahnya "min si"
ReplyDeleteHow come you eat and cook like a Chinese?
ReplyDeletei love wan yu belly..the only part of the fish with no small bones!
ReplyDeletekenny...cos i am indonesian born chinese ^_^
ReplyDeletejoe, yes ar...and the meat, so smooth! wak lud lud~
Haven't tried steamed carp yet, but I have tried pan fried carp which is then boiled for a soup. Quite nice as my fish guy at the market says- they say carp is "sweet".
ReplyDeleteHave never tried fish with chinese bean paste before! Have tried it with korean bean paste though.