Easy and Healthy Steamed Codfish Recipe

Enjoy a healthy and tasty codfish dish with our steamed codfish recipe. It is a simple dish that you can make at home and is best paired with a bowl of rice. You only need to learn how to make its sauce and properly steam the fish to get rid of its fishy odour.

Meal: Dinner
Cuisine: Chinese, Fish, Southeast Asian

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Total time: 15 minutes
Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients

• 1 4cm ginger, thinly sliced
• 2 pieces codfish steak
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 8g sugar
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp Shao Xing wine
• 4 tbsp oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• A pinch of pepper
• 1 spring onion, sliced

Equipment

• 1 ceramic plate
• 1 saucepan
• 1 frying pan

Directions

• On a ceramic plate, spread out the sliced ginger in a single layer.
• Place the codfish on the ginger and place it in a steamer for 7 minutes.
• Add in the soy sauce, sugar, water, and Shao Xing wine in a saucepan. Mix on low heat until the sugar melts.
• Heat the oil and fry the minced garlic until golden brown in a frying pan. Set aside the fried garlic and oil to cool.
• When the fish is ready, remove it from the steamer and pour away any liquid you find from the ceramic plate. Sprinkle pepper, drizzle garlic oil and fried garlic over the fish. Add the sliced spring onions as well.
• Serve hot.

Benefits of eating steamed codfish

Our steamed codfish recipe is one of the simplest and healthiest dishes you can learn to make at home. Codfish contains vitamins, minerals and healthy fats that provide many health benefits. It is rich in Vitamin B12, which helps our nerve and blood cells and prevents anaemia. It also contains omega-3 fatty acids, a fat our body needs. Additionally, steaming is a very healthy cooking method. Cooking with steam helps conserve your ingredients' fibre, texture, and nutrients.

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