Teochew Steamed Pomfret With Mee Hoon

Name: Teochew Steamed Pomfret With Mee Hoon
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: 1 - 2 pomfrets; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp white pepper powder; 80 g tomatoes; 50 g fresh ginger; 1 fresh red chilli; 100 g silky tofu; 3 garlic cloves; 20 g oil; 1300 g water; 100 g salted vegetable (hum choi); 2 sour plums in brine; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 3 dried Chinese mushrooms; ½ tsp sugar; 2 tbsp Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing Hua Tiao); 120 g mee hoon (rice vermicelli); 1 sprig spring onion; 1 sprig fresh coriander

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Prep. 10 min

Total 40 min

6 portions

Ingredients

pomfrets (total 500-600 g), gutted and descaled, scored at both sides (see tips)
1 - 2
salt
½ tsp
white pepper powder
¼ tsp
tomatoes cut in wedges
80 g
fresh ginger cut in thin strips
50 g
fresh red chilli cut in pieces (1 cm)
1
silky tofu cut in cubes (1 cm)
100 g
garlic cloves
3
oil
20 g
water
1300 g
salted vegetable (hum choi) cut in thin strips (0.5 cm)
100 g
sour plums in brine
2
fish sauce
1 tbsp
dried Chinese mushrooms soaked to soften, cut in thin slices (0.5 cm)
3
sugar
½ tsp
Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing Hua Tiao)
2 tbsp
mee hoon (rice vermicelli)
120 g
spring onion chopped, to garnish
1 sprig
fresh coriander leaves only, chopped, to garnish
1 sprig