Fish in Black Bean Sauce

This Fish in Black Bean Sauce is so good you will need several bowls of rice, a very simple recipe of pan fried fish and tofu served in salty black bean sauce

When I was younger I barely know dishes that are made from fish as most of the fish dishes in Philippines are fried and I had limited exposure to fish dishes such as this one. So since then when we dine out the first thing that I will look for would either be a seafood or fish dish so I could learn from what I eat.

This recipe is one of my favourite fish dishes (yeah I have a lot of favourites), I still remember the first time I tried it in a Chinese restaurant in Malaysia, I really enjoyed it that is why since then I cook them at home once in a while, I like its salty sauce cutting through the delicate flavours of tofu and fish. Truly a very tasty dish yet very nutritious, good for the health conscious!

Fish in Black Bean Sauce

★★★★★ 5 from 6 reviews

• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Yield: 4-6 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Chinese

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Description

This Fish in Black Bean Sauce is so good you will need several bowls of rice, a very simple recipe of pan fried fish and tofu served in salty black bean sauce

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Ingredients

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• 500g fish fillet, cut into medium sized cubes (any fleshy fish would do)
• 12 pcs small blocks fried tofu
• 1 large green capsicum / bell pepper, sliced
• 2 tbsp salted black beans
• 2 tbsp black bean sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 thumb sized ginger, minced
• 1 shallot, minced
• fish sauce or sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• oil

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Instructions

1. Place cornstarch in a plate then dredge the fish pieces on it until it’s lightly coated.
2. Heat up oil in a wok and shallow fry fish quickly on each side until it becomes golden brown, it will take around 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
3. In the same wok where fish is fried sauté garlic, shallot and ginger.
4. Add green capsicum then stir fry for a minute. Then add fish and tofu.
5. Add water, black bean sauce, soy sauce, sugar and black beans bring to a boil, turn fish once and simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce becomes thick. If the sauce is thin you can add a bit of cornstarch slurry to thicken it.
6. Flavour with fish sauce and season with freshly ground black pepper.

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