Thursday, January 1, 2009

Steamed Siakap


1 mediuam size siakap / scaled and cleaned

marinade 1
1 tbs black soy sauce (masin manis)
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 tsp grounded black pepper
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tbs honey
1/4 tsp salt (to taste)

marinade 2 (slice thin)
3 pips garlic
1 medium sized onion
2 cm ginger
1 red chilli

leaves of green veggy example chap choy


Steps:
1. Clean fish and make slits on flesh
2. Spread fish with ingredients marinade 1.
3. Push in slices of garlic and ginger in the slits on fish flesh
4. Put the rest of the sliced herbs of marinade 2 over and in the fish
5. Leave to marinade for about half an hour
6. Steam the fish for 20 minutes
7. add in the green veggy and steam for another 1 minute

Note:
My steamer is too small to take the fish whole, so I had to cut it into two halves.