Steamed Tilapia with Tau Cheo Sauce
Fish July 14th, 2006
Actually I haven’t had this dish for quite a while. It’s a simple dish to make and this is my recipe. You can get fresh tilapias from most wet markets in Malaysia. It is a hardy fish and can usually survive without water for at least 1 hour…in a gasping state, though.
This is my recipe for Steamed Tilapia with Tau Cheo Sauce
Ingredient:
- 1 Tilapia fish (about 500 gms, cleaned and gutted).
- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
Seasoning / Sauce:
- 5 cloves garlic (chopped finely)
- 3 slices of old ginger (pound finely)
- 3 tablespoons of tau cheo (preserved soy beans in can / bottles which you can buy from supermarkets) (pound finely)
- 1 to 2 red chillis (chopped finely)
- 2 tsp sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
Garnish: Chopped spring onions
Method
Heat oil in frying pan and saute garlic, ginger and chillis till light brown and fragrant. Add tau cheo and continue stirring for 1 minute whilst adding sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Steam fish at high heat for approximately 8 minutes (ensure that fish is only placed into steamer when water is boiling rapidly). Pour prepared marinade over fish and continue steaming for 2 minutes or until fish eyes pop.
Remove, sprinkle spring onions and serve hot with rice.
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I will cook this dish tonight. But I don’t have black bean sauce. So gonna try without that.
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Wow, this is so delicious!!! My hubby and I love it so much. Thank you for this recipe.