Sichuan Boiled Fish in a Seething Sea of Chilies Recipe (Shuizhu Yu)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1.5 pound fish fillet

  use sea bass, red snapper, mahi mahi, or grouper
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

  divided
• 1.5 cups bean sprouts
• 2 ounces about 20 small dried chilies

  seeds removed and roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons whole Sichuan peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons doubanjiang
• 4 cloves garlic

  chopped
• 1 inch knob ginger

  peeled and chopped
• 1 green onion

  chopped (white and green parts)
• 3.5 cups water

  or use fish stock for deeper flavor
• Salt to taste
• For Serving. ¼ cup hot chil oil, spicy chili flakes, fresh chopped green onion

Instructions

• 1 Slice the fish into thin ¼ inch strips and add to a bowl.
• 2 Whisk the marinade ingredients together then pour over the fish. Marinate at
  least 5 minutes, or up to 30 minutes or 1 hour, refrigerated.
• 3 Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a wok or large pan to medium-high heat. Add
  the bean sprouts and stir fry for 1 minute. Remove and set into the bottom of
  serving bowls. This will support the fish.
• 4 Heat 1 more tablespoon vegetable oil (if needed) in the same wok or pan to
  medium-high heat. Add the chopped dried chilies and Sichuan peppercorns and stir
  fry until fragrant, about 1 minute. Transfer the stir fried chilies to a plate
  and set aside.
• 5 Add final tablespoon vegetable oil (if needed) and doubanjiang to the wok or pan
  and stir fry for 1 minute (doubanjiang will darken), then add garlic, ginger,
  green onion, fried dried chilies, and peppercorns. Stir fry 1 more minute.
• 6 Add water (or fish stock) and salt to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• 7 Add marinated fish and simmer for 2-3 minutes (separating the slices, if
  needed), until cooked through. Transfer fish to serving bowls, on top of the
  bean sprouts.
• 8 Pour the soup/broth into the serving bowls.
• 9 Heat the wok back to medium-high heat. Add the hot chili oil and heat for 1
  minute, or until it starts to sizzle.
• 10 Pour the sizzling hot chili oil over the serving bowls, then garnish wish spicy
  chili flakes and fresh chopped green onion. Serve sizzling hot!

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