Sea Bass with Broccolini and a Black Bean Sauce

This Seabass with Broccolini and a Black Bean sauce is delicious and packed with great flavours including garlic, ginger, lime and coriander! James uses line caught sea bass.

Ingredients

  • 2 x 200g seabass
  • 5 cm sliced ginger
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and grated
  • 2 tbs ginger, peeled and grated
  • 4 spring onion
  • 1 lime, juice, and zest
  • 1 small bunch of coriander
  • 2 tbsp fermented beans, rinsed and crushed
  • 2 tbs shoaxing wine
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 200g broccolini
To serve:
  • 6 spring onions, sliced
  • Coriander leaves

Method

Heat the BBQ until hot and the coals are white.

Pop the sliced ginger in the water. Season and place the fish on paper in a steamer and cook for 5 minutes.

Pop the broccolini in the other steamer for 3 minutes, then char on the BBQ for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain onto a tray lined with a j-cloth.

To make the sauce heat a large frying pan. Fry the garlic, ginger and beans in the oil, then add all the remaining ingredients bring to a bubble then add the broccolini and stir through.

To serve, spoon the sauce and broccolini onto a plate, top with fish, zest over the lime.

 

Ingredients

  • 2 x 200g seabass
  • 5 cm sliced ginger
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and grated
  • 2 tbs ginger, peeled and grated
  • 4 spring onion
  • 1 lime, juice, and zest
  • 1 small bunch of coriander
  • 2 tbsp fermented beans, rinsed and crushed
  • 2 tbs shoaxing wine
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 200g broccolini
To serve:
  • 6 spring onions, sliced
  • Coriander leaves

Method

Heat the BBQ until hot and the coals are white.

Pop the sliced ginger in the water. Season and place the fish on paper in a steamer and cook for 5 minutes.

Pop the broccolini in the other steamer for 3 minutes, then char on the BBQ for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain onto a tray lined with a j-cloth.

To make the sauce heat a large frying pan. Fry the garlic, ginger and beans in the oil, then add all the remaining ingredients bring to a bubble then add the broccolini and stir through.

To serve, spoon the sauce and broccolini onto a plate, top with fish, zest over the lime.