Ginger Fish Recipes

Steps:

• Set a large bamboo or metal steamer basket over a skillet of simmering water over medium heat.
• Crush the ginger slices with the flat side of a knife. Place the garlic and half each of the ginger and scallions on a plate that will fit inside the steamer. Score the fish skin a few times with a knife; season with salt and pepper. Place the fish skin-side up on the plate, drizzle with 2 teaspoons sesame oil and sprinkle with the sugar. Put the plate in the steamer. Mix the soy sauce and rice wine and pour over the fish.
• Cover and steam the fish until just cooked through, 6 to 12 minutes, depending on the thickness. Carefully remove the hot plate. Add the snow peas to the steamer, season with salt, cover and cook until bright green, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Transfer the fish to a platter, spoon the juices on top and sprinkle with the remaining scallions. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons sesame oil and the peanut oil in a skillet over high heat. Add the remaining ginger and cook until it begins to brown. Pour the hot oil over the fish.

Steps:

• Rinse & dry fish well.
• Cut lemon in half and squeeze, rubbing juice into fish, inside & out Refrigerate for about an hour then rub with vegetable oil and place in a shallow baking dish.
• In a blender, mix thoroughly soy sauce, corn oil, white wine, garlic, sugar and ginger. Pour over fish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes until the fish flakes easily and juices are opaque. Baste frequently with sauce.
• Garnish & serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the chips in a roasting tin with 1 tsp oil. Season and bake for 20-25 mins.
• Chop the salmon as finely as you can and place in a bowl with the ginger, lime zest and seasoning. Heat 1 tsp oil in a non-stick pan and soften the spring onions for 2 mins. Stir into the salmon, mix well and shape into 4 patties.
• Heat remaining oil in the pan and cook the patties for 3-4 mins each side until golden and cooked through. Cover with a lid and leave to rest for a few mins. Serve 2 patties each with the chips, mayo and lime wedges for squeezing.

Steps:

• 1. Rinse the fish in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Season the fish inside and out with salt and pepper. Place the fish on a heatproof plate that is both large enough to accommodate it (a glass pie plate works well) and will also fit inside your steamer, bending the fish slightly if it is too long. Stuff half of the ginger inside the cavity of the fish and spread the remaining ginger on top of the fish.
• 2. Pour water into a wok or stockpot and set a steamer in the wok or on the rim of the stockpot. Make sure the water does not touch the bottom of the steamer. Bring the water to a boil over high heat.
• 3. Place the plate holding the fish in the steamer, cover, and steam for about 8 minutes, until the fish flakes easily when tested with the tip of a knife.
• 4. While the fish is steaming, in a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, wine, and 1 tablespoon of water. Set aside.
• 5. When the fish is ready, carefully remove the plate from the steamer and pour off any accumulated liquid. Lay the scallion and cilantro along the top of the fish. In a small sauté pan, heat the oil over high heat until it is hot but not smoking. Remove the oil from the heat and pour it directly over the scallion and cilantro to "cook" them. Drizzle the soy mixture over the fish and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Pat halibut dry with paper towels. Rub both sides of fillet with salt. Scatter the ginger over the top of the fish and place onto a heatproof ceramic dish.
• Place into a bamboo steamer set over several inches of gently boiling water, and cover. Gently steam for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Pour accumulated water out of the dish and sprinkle the fillet with green onion. Drizzle both soy sauces over the surface of the fish.
• Heat peanut and sesame oils in a small skillet over medium-high heat until they begin to smoke. When the oil is hot, carefully pour on top of the halibut fillet. The very hot oil will cause the green onions and water on top of the fish to pop and spatter all over; be careful. Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut a large rectangle of foil, big enough to make a large envelope. Place the pak choi on the foil, followed by the fish, then the ginger and garlic. Pour over the soy sauce and rice wine, then season.
• Fold over foil and seal the 3 edges, then put on a baking sheet. Cook for 20 mins, open the parcel and scatter over the spring onions and coriander. Serve with brown rice and squeezed lime juice.

Steps:

• Combine the oil, ginger, spring onions, garlic, sugar, vinegar, fish sauce, lime rind and juice in a small bowl and mix well.
• Place fish fillets in a single layer in a large shallow dish.
• Pour the ginger mixture over the fish.
• Cover and marinate in fridge for 1 hour.
• Place each fish fillet onto a piece of lightly oiled foil.
• Top each one with some of the ginger mixture from the dish and some lime leaves.
• Fold in the edges of the foil and enclose fish well.
• Cook the packets on a grill or BBQ for about 15 minutes or until cooked through (cooking time will depend on the heat of your grill and thickness of fish).
• Open the top of each packet and sprinkle with herbs and garnish with a lime wedge.
• Goes well with stir-fried Asian vegetables and rice.

Steps:

• Fillets should be wet.
• In a small bowl mix the first six ingredients.
• Heat skillet over medium high heat.
• Add vegetable oil to skillet.
• Put breading in one gallon sealable plastic bag.
• Add the fillets to the bag and shake to coat them thoroughly.
• Put the breaded fillets onto clean plate.
• Add fillets to hot oil and cook until slightly brown, about 1-2 minutes.
• Turn over fillets and brown on other side for another minute.
• Turn heat down to medium.
• Pour in the soy sauce mixture.
• Turn fish over one last time.
• Cover pan and let it simmer about 3-4 minutes more (see note).
• Transfer fillets to serving platter and pour sauce from skillet over top.
• Sprinkle the chopped green onions over the top.

Steps:

• Using a damp cheesecloth or your hand, squeeze grated ginger over a small bowl gathering the ginger juice.
• Combine 2 tablespoons ginger juice, soy sauce, sherry, lemon juice, and sugar or sugar substitute in a large food storage bag or bowl; add fish, turning or gently shaking to coat.
• Marinate in refrigerator 20 minutes, turning fish occasionally.
• Remove fish from marinade; discard marinade.
• Place fish on broiler pan coated with cooking spray and broil 3 minutes (do not turn); brush oil over fish, and broil an additional minute or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• Place fish on individual serving plates, and drizzle remaining tablespoon ginger juice over fish; garnish with scallions.

Steps:

• Quick-marinate the fish in the Curry Marinade. Place the fish fillets in a shallow bowl or resealable plastic bag and pour the marinade over the fish. Seal and place in the refrigerator, turning the fish halfway through, for 1 hour.
• Heat a saute pan over medium-high heat. Add oil. Carefully remove the fillets from the marinade; reserve the marinade. Place the fillets in the hot pan. Spoon the marinade over the thick parts of the fillets. This is where all the flavor is. It will also form a delicious crust. Sear on one side, about 3 minutes. Carefully flip the fillets and cook on the other side until the flesh has turned white and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes more.
• Place half the rice at the center of each of two plates. Pour Thai Curry Butter Sauce around the rice. Press the rice down using a spatula to form a bed for the fish. Stack 2 fillets side-by-side over the rice on each plate. Top the fish on each plate with Cucumber-Macadamia Nut Relish. Place Green Beans to side of rice on each plate. Generously drizzle Thai sweet chile over relish and butter sauce.
• Place canola oil, brown sugar, sesame oil, scallions, ginger, lemongrass, mint and salt in a blender. Puree until smooth. Best made the day before to allow flavors to marry.
• Using a small pot, stir together white wine, vinegar, peppercorns, onion, bay leaf and ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce until there's about 1/2 cup liquid left and it has darkened in color. Add heavy cream. Reduce by half. Add the butter in small amounts, whisking over medium heat and letting butter dissolve before adding more, and cooking until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Strain the sauce. Whisk in sweet Thai chile sauce, curry powder, soy sauce, lemon juice and salt. Cover and keep in a warm area until ready to use.
• Mix cucumbers, nuts, chile sauce, furikake, sambal, sesame oil, granulated sugar, vinegar and salt in a medium bowl. Refrigerate until cold. Best made the day before to allow flavors to marry.
• Heat a large saute pan on medium-high heat. Add oil. Add green beans and saute for 3 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Rip off 4 pieces of parchment to form packets each about 12-inches long. Season fish with salt and pepper. Place a piece of parchment in a shallow dish then in the center of the paper stack 1/4 of the scallions and shiitakes, layer with slices of ginger and garlic and top with fish. Combine the honey, vinegar and tamari and pour 1/4 of the sauce over fish. Fold over the top of the parchment then roll the sides in to form a sealed pouch. Repeat with remaining parchment and ingredients. Arrange the pouches on a baking sheet and roast in hot oven 12 to 14 minutes.

Steps:

• Blend first 8 ingredients in a food processor.
• Place fish fillets on a heavy duty foil, and create a rim by rolling up sides of foil.
• Pour mixture over fish.
• Place foil and fish on the grill, uncovered.
• Grill for 15 minutes or until fish flakes.

Steps:

• Curry paste: Peel back the woody outer layers of the lemongrass. Trim the root ends, then cut off 2 inches of the tender interior to use. Thinly slice and put in mortar. Peel and mince the ginger and shallot. Set aside.
• Gently pound the lemongrass with the pestle for about 1 minute to break it down. Add shallot, ginger, and garlic, pounding about 30 seconds after each addition. By now, you should have a chunky paste. Add the turmeric and chili powders and continue pounding to create a thick, aromatic paste, 2 minutes. Set aside.
• Fish: Cut the skin from the swordfish and slice into large chunks, trimming away any visible blood lines. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add fish in an even layer and cook until lightly brown, 2-3 minutes. Flip and brown the other side, tilting the skillet around to distribute the hot oil.
• Immediately after flipping the fish, add curry paste to the skillet, distributing evenly. Let paste and fish cook undisturbed, 1-2 minutes. Add brown sugar, fish sauce, and coconut milk to the skillet. Tilt the skillet around again, then simmer over medium-high heat until the fish is cooked through and the sauce has reduced and thickened, 5-8 minutes. Stir occasionally so the fish doesn't stick.
• Assembly: Make a bed of hot rice in a serving bowl; spoon the fish and plenty of sauce onto the rice. Garnish with a squeeze of lemon or lime and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro leaves and mint before serving.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients and whisk until well blended.
• Transfer to an airtight container. Makes about 1/4 cup.

Steps:

• Combine honey, soy, ginger and oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook, stirring, until marinade comes to the boil.
• Set aside to cool. Pour marinade into a ceramic dish.
• Add fish to cooled marinade. Turn to coat.
• Cover. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat a chargrill or barbecue on medium heat.
• Remove fish from marinade, reserving marinade.
• Cook fish, brushing with marinade, for 3 minutes each side or until cooked to your liking.
• Place onto plates.
• Serve with Asian salad greens.

Steps:

• Peel and julienne the ginger. Trim and slice the scallions on a bias. Place in shallow, heatproof dish large enough to hold the fish.
• Make sure the fish is clean of scales and snip off the sharp spines with kitchen shears.
• Score the fish on both sides on a bias at 2-inch (5cm) intervals, down to the bone. Season lightly with salt and pepper inside and out. Place the fish in the dish and disperse the scallion whites (reserve the greens for garnish) and ginger on top, underneath, and inside the fish. Add the soy sauce, peanut oil, sesame oil and the sugar.
• Place the dish with the fish set on a rack above simmering water in a wide, shallow pan with a tight fitting lid. Cook until a small knife or skewer can be easily inserted into the thickest part of the body of the fish, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the pan, sprinkle with scallion greens and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Pat the body and inside of the fish dry, and space the fish evenly apart on an unlined sheet pan. Using a sharp knife, cut two diagonal slits, 2 inches apart, into the skin of each fish, making sure not to cut through to the bone. Repeat the slits on the other side. Drizzle both sides and the inside of the fish with 3 tablespoons oil, and season with the 1 1/2 tablespoons salt.
• Working in batches if necessary, transfer the lemongrass to the bowl of an asanka or a mortar. Use the pestle to pound the lemongrass pieces until crushed and fragrant. Move the crushed pieces to one side of the mortar bowl or the asanka. Add the ginger pieces and repeat the pounding process until they're crushed. Combine the ginger and the lemongrass. Add the scallion greens and scotch bonnet chile. Use the pestle to crush and combine these with the lemongrass mixture. Add the shallot and zest of 1 lemon, crush and combine with the pestle. Stir in the turmeric and coconut milk. (Makes about 1 1/4 cup marinade.) Alternatively, you can do this step in a food processor. Add in the ingredients in the order listed, and pulse them all together. Stir in the turmeric and coconut milk.
• Slice the zested lemon into 3 or 4 rounds. Spread the marinade generously over both sides of each fish and about 2 tablespoons into each cavity. Place a lemon slice, the white end of a scallion and some cilantro sprigs in each cavity. (At this point, the fish can be left to marinate for up to 30 minutes, or covered and refrigerated overnight.) Drizzle the tops of the fish with the remaining oil.
• Roast the fish until firm and cooked through, rotating the sheet pan once halfway through the process, about 22 to 25 minutes. Slice the remaining lemon into wedges. Serve the fish over steamed rice or alongside a hearty salad, with the lemon wedges for squeezing.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the first seven ingredients (sherry through garlic).
• Add the chillies, if using.
• NOTE: I made the sauce early in the day to allow the flavors to mix, but it is not necessary to do so.
• Preheat the oven to 205C/400°F.
• Place the fish fillets in a baking dish.
• Drizzle the marinade over the fish.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
• Plate the fish and spoon the sauce over it.
• Serve with rice.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, then fry the onion for 8 mins until translucent. Stir in the ginger and spices, and cook for another minute. Pour in the coconut milk and 100ml water, stir, then simmer for 10 mins.
• Add the cod, frozen peas and sugar snap peas, and simmer for 5 mins until the fish is flaky. Serve with the rice, sliced chilli, a good grinding of black pepper and some lime wedges on the side for squeezing over.