Dory Fish with Ginger and Garlic

Simple dinner: vege, fish and tofu.

Here’s one of the dishes I cooked for dinner yesterday. I actually brought the bean paste out of the fridge and wanted to cook the fish with bean paste. Somehow, I don’t know why while I was chopping the ginger, I thought maybe I’ll do something new…..and here goes.


Ingredients:
Dory Fish Fillet (cut into bite size)
Ginger
Garlic
Shallot
Sesame Oil
Black Pepper
Salt
Chinese Cooking Wine
Oil


Method:
1. Chop/mince the ginger, garlic and shallots.
2. Mix all the seasoning + ginger, garlic and shallots with the fish fillet in a bowl.
3. Let it marinate for 30min or so.
4. Heat a little oil on a non-stick pan.
5. Place the fish fillet on the pan and pan fry over low heat. Pour the remaining sauce/marinate over the fish.
6. Cook for ~5min or until fish is cooked.


You can actually just fry the fish first and then cook the sauce with some water and pour it over the fried fish, but I am trying not to pollute my kitchen with too much oil, so this way works for me. ;p

This one gets 8.5/10 from the VIP, so I guess not too bad la for something that I simply cook without any recipe.

When it comes to cooking, my principle has always been this; take the recipe as a guideline only especially if you cook the dish for the first time but you should cook it your own way (add different ingredients or cook with different method). From there, you’ll be amazed how many new dishes you might be able to create! I still remember how a friend said her maid cooked broccoli steamed egg (they’re supposed to be 2 different dishes!). While it may be weird, we might get some inspiration from that mistake and turn it into something new. Who knows….one day, we’ll be eating vegetables steamed egg. Haha…