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Steamed Whole Tilapia

Connie Veneracion
Scored, seasoned and cooked with a generous amoung to scallions and ginger, steamed whole tilapia is aromatic and tasty. Cooks in 20 minutes flat.
Steamed Whole Tilapia with Ginger, Scallions and Chilies
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tilapia, about 400 grams, gutted and scales removed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 2 stalks scallions
  • 1 two-inch knob ginger, thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced scallions
  • 2 bird’s eye chilies, thinly sliced

Instructions
 

  • Fill the steamer pot with enough water to reach a depth of two inches and start heating it.
  • Wipe the tilapia with paper towels and score both sides.
  • Rub the salt and pepper on the entire fish including the cavity.
  • Tie the scallion stalks into a knot.
  • Stuff the cavity of the fish with the knotted scallions and half of the ginger.
  • Lay the tilapia in shallow heat-proof bowl.
  • Scatter the sliced scallions, remaining ginger and chilies over the fish.
  • When the water is boiling briskly, lay the bowl in the steamer basket and cover the steamer.
    Uncooked Tilapia with Spices in Steamer
  • Turn the heat to medium and steam the tilapia for 20 minutes.
    Steamed Whole Tilapia in the Steamer
  • Carefully lift the bowl from the steamer basket and serve the steamed whole tilapia immediately.

Notes

If using a metal steamer and the lid isn’t or is only slightly domed, evaporation may fall into the fish and create a small pool of liquid around it.
If you want to minimize the amount of liquid, tie a tea towel around the steamer lid, covering the underside, to catch the evaporation. Alternatively, stretch a tea towel over the steamer basket before putting on the lid. Be careful though to make sure that the tea towel does not touch the fish.
Steamed Whole Tilapia Recipe
Keyword Fish, Tilapia, Whole Fish
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