Red-Cooked Fish (Hong Shao Yu)

Name: Red-Cooked Fish (Hong Shao Yu)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. peanut oil; 1 cleaned whole carp or sea bass (about 1 lb.); 1 bunch scallions, trimmed into 7" pieces; 1 (1") piece ginger, sliced into "coins"; 1 ⁄ 4 cup shaoxing jiu (Chinese rice wine); 1 ⁄ 4 cup dark soy sauce; 3 Tbsp. sugar

Serves
serves 4

SAVEUR

A typical red-cooked dish requires a long period of simmering to harmonize the flavors, but most red-cooked seafood gets a more streamlined treatment.

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. peanut oil
1 cleaned whole carp or sea bass (about 1 lb.)
1 bunch scallions, trimmed into 7" pieces
1 (1") piece ginger, sliced into "coins"
¹⁄₄ cup shaoxing jiu (Chinese rice wine)
¹⁄₄ cup dark soy sauce
3 Tbsp. sugar

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Instructions

Step 1

For hong shao yu, heat a 14" flat-bottomed wok over medium-high heat. Swirl in peanut oil; add fish. Cook, turning once, until golden, 1–2 minutes per side. Transfer fish to a plate.

Step 2

Add scallions and ginger to wok and stir-fry until scallions begin to wilt, 20–30 seconds. Add 3⁄4 cup water, rice wine, soy sauce, and sugar; bring to a boil.

For hong shao yu, heat a 14" flat-bottomed wok over medium-high heat. Swirl in peanut oil; add fish. Cook, turning once, until golden, 1–2 minutes per side. Transfer fish to a plate.
Add scallions and ginger to wok and stir-fry until scallions begin to wilt, 20–30 seconds. Add 3⁄4 cup water, rice wine, soy sauce, and sugar; bring to a boil.