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Sichuan Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu)

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Sichuan Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu)

Sichuan-poached white fish with chilli oil, doubanjiang and numbing peppercorns. Heating the chilli oil until it's properly smoking before pouring it over the peppercorns and chilli at the end releases their full numbing, fragrant heat.

Total time
35 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Chinese

Ingredients

600gwhite fish fillets, thinly sliced
200gbean sprouts
1/2 tspSichuan peppercorn
3 tbspdoubanjiang
4 clovesgarlic
2 tspginger
2 tspcornflour
egg white1
1.5Lchicken stock
4 tbspchilli oil
1 tbspdried chilli flakes
oilfor pouring

Instructions

1

Marinate fish in egg white and cornflour 10 minutes.

2

Fry doubanjiang, garlic and ginger.

3

Add stock. Simmer 10 minutes.

4

Place bean sprouts in a deep bowl.

5

Poach fish in broth 2 minutes.

6

Lay fish over sprouts. Pour broth over.

7

Top with Sichuan peppercorn, dried chilli and spring onion.

8

Heat chilli oil until smoking. Pour over top.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
316
Protein
33.5g
Fat
16g
Carbs
9.9g
Fiber
1.9g
Sodium
2019mg

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