How to Cook Steamed Fish with Egg Fried Rice

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Steamed Fish with Egg Fried Rice:

For the steamed fish:

• 4 thick white fish fillets, skin on and each of 4 oz
• 2 spring onions, halved crosswise and finely shredded
• Small handful fresh basil leaves shredded
• Thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp lemon zest, grated
• 1 tbsp orange zest, grated
• 1 tsp coarse salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp peanut oil

For the egg fried rice:

• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp spring onions, finely chopped
• 14 fl oz jug filled with long grained rice, steamed and cooled to room temperature.
• 2 tbsp groundnut oil
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp salt

Cooking instructions for Steamed Fish with Egg Fried Rice:

• To steam the fish, dab the fish with paper towels to blot dry and season all over with a dash of salt.
• Place it onto a heatproof plate and sprinkle the citrus zests as well as ginger over it.
• Place a rack into a deep-bottomed pan, equipped with a lid and fill it up with enough water so that it stands 2’’ from the base of the pan.
• Bring the water to a boil and reduce it to a simmer.
• Place the plate with fish on top of the rack and place the lid on.
• Steam the fish for 5 minutes or until the flesh turns opaque and flaky, thus indicating that it is just cooked.
• Remove the fish from the plate and skim off the cooking juices that have gathered around it.
• Sprinkle the spring onions and basil on top, followed by a splash of soy sauce on it.
• Heat a mixture of olive and peanut oil in a pan until it starts smoking and drizzle it over the fish.
• While the fish is steaming, start cooking the fried rice by whisking the eggs and sesame oil together, along with ½ of the measured salt until they are just combined.
• Heat a pan over high flame and drizzle the groundnut oil into it.
• Heat it until it is smoking hot and stir in the cooked rice.
• Stir fry it for 3-4 minutes or until the rice is warmed through and drizzle the egg-oil mixture over them.
• Continue to fry them for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly, until the egg curdles and any liquid in the mixture is absorbed.
• Sprinkle rest of the salt plus black pepper into it, and stir them into the fried rice to season.
• Continue to cook for another 2 minutes and stir in the spring onions.
• Pile it up onto serving plates and place one steamed fish on top of each serving.
• Serve hot.

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