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Fish Pieces Braised with Black Bean Sauce

Name: Fish Pieces Braised with Black Bean Sauce
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: fish pieces; ginger; 1 spoonful pepper; 1 spoonful oyster sauce; cooking wine; garlic; fermented black beans; green and red peppers; 1 spoonful light soy sauce; 1/2 spoonful dark soy sauce; a little salt; hot water; rice wine or beer; scallions; cooking oil

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Pan-fried fish pieces braise briefly with fermented black beans, peppers and soy sauce.

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Published 2026-10-12

Brown fish chunks with sliced green and red peppers and scallion sections. — Fish Pieces Braised with Black Bean Sauce

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

fish pieces
ginger
1 spoonfulpepper
1 spoonfuloyster sauce
cooking wine
garlic
fermented black beans
green and red peppers
1 spoonfullight soy sauce
1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
a littlesalt
hot water
rice wine or beer
scallions
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Mix the fish with ginger, pepper, oyster sauce and cooking wine. Marinate for 1 hour.
02
Heat oil and pan-fry the fish until both sides are lightly browned and set.
03
Add garlic, fermented black beans and green and red peppers. Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and a little salt.
04
Add a drizzle of hot water and rice wine, or the source's beer alternative. Cover and cook for the source's 2 minutes, checking that the fish is cooked through.
05
Raise the heat to reduce the sauce, add scallion sections and gently toss.

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Cooking Method

Pan-FryingRed-Braising

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