Best Halibut With Salted Black Beans And Chilies Recipes

PAN-SEARED HALIBUT WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk together black bean and garlic sauce, vinegar, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, and water in a bowl. Pat fish dry with paper towels. Place remaining cornstarch in shallow dish. Coat fish with cornstarch, shaking to remove excess.
• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Add fish and cook until browned and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter.
• Add ginger and scallion whites to empty skillet and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add black bean mixture and simmer until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Pour sauce over fish and sprinkle with scallion greens and cilantro. Serve.

HALIBUT WITH SALTED BLACK BEANS AND CHILIES

Steps:

• Pat fish dry with paper towels. Mix salt, gingerroot, and white pepper. Coat both sides of fish with gingerroot mixture. Rub 1 teaspoon cornstarch on both sides of fish. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.Place beans in bowl cover with warm water. Stir beans about 2 minutes to remove excess salt. Remove beans from water drain well.Cut 3 green onions diagonally into 1-inch pieces. Cut remaining green onion into thin slices. Remove seeds and membranes from chilies. Cut chilies into very thin slices. Mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch, the water and sugar.Heat wok over medium heat until hot. Add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil tilt wok to coat side. Fry fish 2 minutes or until brown, turning once. Reduce heat to low cover and simmer 10 minutes, turning after 3 minutes. Remove fish from wok.Heat wok until very hot. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil tilt wok to coat side. Add beans, chilies, garlic and green onion pieces stir-fry 1 minute. Add broth heat to boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixture cook and stir until thickened. Add fish turn fish to coat with sauce. Heat 2 minutes. Line serving platter with spinach leaves. Place fish on spinach sprinkle with green onion slices.4 servings**Chinese recipes for fin fish-no matter what kind-always include gingerroot. This halibut is coated with it and then is given even more flavor with the addition of garlic, hot green chilies and black beans.From "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.