Chinese🐟 Seafood

Pan Fried Fish Fillet with Soy Sauce

Name: Pan Fried Fish Fillet with Soy Sauce
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 494 g Fish fillet; ½ tsp Salt; 1/8 tsp White pepper powder; 4 tsp Cornstarch (for coating fish); 13 g Ginger; 4 Green onion; ~3 tbsp Oil; 4 tsp Soy sauce; ½ tsp Sugar; 1/8 tsp White pepper powder (for sauce); ½ tsp Sesame oil; ½ cup Water (for cornstarch mixture); ¾ tsp Cornstarch (for cornstarch mixture)

⏱ 20 min🍽 Serves 3

A simple and healthy fish dish where seasoned fish fillets are coated in cornstarch and pan-fried in oil infused with ginger slices and green onion sections. Finished with a savory soy-based sauce enhanced with white pepper powder and sesame oil.

High-proteinLow-cal

Adapted from a video by Cook! Stacey Cook

Fish With Soy Sauce Recipe | Pan Fried Fish Fillet With Soy Sauce

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Ingredients

Fish filletCod, mahi mahi, snapper, halibut, salmon, or tilapia494 g
Salt½ tsp
White pepper powder1/8 tsp
Cornstarch (for coating fish)4 tsp
GingerSliced thinly and cut into fine strips13 g
Green onionStem cut into 2-inch sections, leafy part cut into strips4

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1
Pat the fish fillets dry gently on both sides and season with salt and white pepper powder. Let sit for about 15 minutes.
2
Prepare 4 thin ginger slices and cut 4 more slices into fine strips. Cut the green onion stems diagonally into 2-inch sections and the leafy parts into thin strips.
3
Mix cornstarch with cold water and stir until the cornstarch is fully dissolved. Set aside.
4
After marinating for 15 minutes, sprinkle cornstarch evenly on both sides of the fish fillets and spread it out.
5
Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add the ginger slices and green onion stem sections, letting them infuse the oil for about 15 seconds.
6
Place the fish fillets in the pan and pan-fry for 4 minutes on each side. Occasionally swirl the pan so the oil coats evenly and stir the ginger and green onion occasionally to prevent burning.
7
After 4 minutes on the first side, gently flip the fish and pan-fry the second side for 4 minutes. Watch the ginger and green onion carefully and remove them before they become too brown. Drain off as much of the flavorful oil as possible.
8
Remove the fish fillets from the pan after pan-frying the second side for 4 minutes.
9
Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. When hot, add the ginger strips and let them sizzle in the oil for about 10 seconds.
10
Turn off the heat and add the green onion strips. Quickly toss the strips in the oil a few times, then remove and place over the fish fillets.
11
Turn the heat back on to low and add the soy sauce and a pinch of sugar. Mix together and bring to a boil.
12
Once the soy sauce begins to boil, add the white pepper powder and the cornstarch-water mixture. Stir and bring back to a boil.
13
Once the sauce returns to a boil, add the sesame oil and the sauce is complete.
14
Pour the sauce around the fish fillets and serve with rice, spooning some sauce over the rice as well.

Pan Fried Fish Fillet with Soy Sauce

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