Asian Fish Night

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large cod fish fillet (big enough to cut into 4 equal pieces)
• 8 slices fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 2 green onions, cut into strips about an inch long
• 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce, extra
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 4 king crab legs, cooked
• 8 crab claws, cooked
• 1 onion, sliced thinly
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 1 teaspoon vegetable stock powder
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 1 halibut fillet, enough to slice into 4 equal pieces
• 2 green onions, sliced in inch long strips
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 1/2 teaspoon instant chicken bouillon granules, concentrated (i use quite a dense stock so you may want to adjust according to what you use.)
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornflour

Recipe

• 1 this sounds like a huge recipe, but because fish cooking time is not long, your main work is cracking and extracting meat from crab legs and claws.
• 2 method for cod.
• 3 cut fish into 4 pieces, place fish in an oven proof baking dish or pan. place 2 slices of ginger on each piece. pour soy and hoisin over fish and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 4 bake fish in pre-heated oven 180°c for 8-10 minutes depending on thickness of fillet.
• 5 remove fish pieces and arrange on a warmed serving dish. place roasting pan over moderate heat and add sauce ingredients except cornflour. add a little water to cornflour and mix pour into pan stir until mixture boils and thickens.
• 6 pour sauce over fish garnish with green onions and serve immediately.
• 7 method for onion and ginger crab with egg sauce.
• 8 you can leave the crab in shells for time if preferred, i remove the meat from all but 2 claws for ease of eating. it can be messy trying to crack shells once mixed with sauce. also reserve a few green onions to sprinkle over the top.
• 9 remove crab meat from legs and claws, save 2 claws to garnish plate.
• 10 heat some olive oil in a pan or wok and add onions, garlic and ginger stir fry for 1 minute. add green onions and stir fry for another minute.
• 11 add soy, chillies, sherry, stock, water and crab meat stir fry 3-4 minutes, add 2 crab claws cook for another minute.
• 12 beat egg in a bowl and spoon 3-4 tablespoons of sauce into the egg. add one at a time and mix, this stops the egg from scrambling when added. pour egg mixture slowly into pan and stir until heated through.
• 13 place mixture into serving bowl, top with 2 crab claws and sprinkle with green onions.
• 14 method for braised halibut with ginger and green onion.
• 15 cut fish into 4 pieces.
• 16 heat some olive oil in a pan or wok, add onions, ginger and garlic stir fry for 30 secs - 1 minute.
• 17 add soy sauce, sherry, stock and water stir. simmer fish fillet 7-8 min's turning each piece once during cooking.
• 18 remove fish to a warmed serving plate, add a little water to cornflour and pour into sauce, add sugar and stir until mixture boils and thickens pour over fish garnish with green onion and serve immediately.
• 19 serve fish dishes as is or you can serve with rice, i find rice too filling.