Steamed Fish Sauce
This easy steamed fish sauce is sweet, savory, and perfectly balanced with soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and sesame oil. Ready in minutes, it’s perfect for drizzling over your favorite steamed fish for restaurant-style flavor at home.
Servings: 0.5 cup
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine or Chinese rice wine
- 2 tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 dashes white pepper
- ½ tablespoon sugar or to taste
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan.
- Stir until the sugar dissolves and everything is well mixed. Heat a saucepan over medium to low heat.
- Once the sauce starts to bubble and boil, remove the saucepan from the heat and let it cool.
- Once the fish is steamed, pour the sauce over the fish and serve right away.
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Notes
Makes 1/2 cup (125ml) or for 1 1/2 to 2 lbs (750g to 1kg) fish.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 3018mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 2mg