Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Jacket Fish (Ikan Barat) with Steamed Sawi (Chinese mustard Green)- A Quickie Recipe

I love to cook jacket fish because it has lots of sweet flesh and don’t have fishy smell. Furthermore the bones are rather large and this makes it easier for my kids to eat it. I would serve jacket fish this way when I have very little time to cook. With this dish my family would have both vegetable and fish at the same time. Further more my little toddler can add the gravy to his rice. You can substitute jacket fish with other types of fish like snapper, grouper, cod and salmon.

Ingredients
Jacket Fish, 1 pc
Light Soya Sauce, 2 table spoons
Sawi (Chinese Mustard Green), 1 bunch
Garlic, 5 pcs, chopped finely, fried until golden brown
Sesame oil, 1 table spoon
Sugar, ½ teaspoon

Deep fry the jacket fish until golden brown. Put it aside. Arrange the sawi (Chinese Mustard Green) on plate. Add sesame oil, light soya sauce and sugar. Steam the sawi over high heat for 2 minutes. Put the fish together with the steamed sawi, garnish with fried garlic and serve.

15 comments:

Unknown said...

Shall look out for Barat fish. Must have seen it but ignored it - now I know! Thanks!

Anonymous said...

What is jacket fish in Cantonese? Have never heard of this fish before. Maybe I have tasted it before without knowing its name.

PFx said...

This fish is sooo underrated in New Zealand. I can buy 20 for 5US dollars.

They are so nice deep fried and eaten with a sauce. Chili, kecap manis, mayo, BBQ, anything. Enak!

Suhaina said...

A quick and healthy fish in a jiffy. Lovely. you rock man!!

Pete said...

Keats : The eyes are rather big and looks quite ugly, so the fishmonger would normally chop off the head...LOL!

Mei Teng : I am not sure the Cantonese name but the Hokkien call it Chicken Eye Fish (Keh Bak Hu)

Pfx : Agree, this fish is underated in many places....lucky for us....can buy lots of it, pay less! LOL!

Pete said...

Suhaina : Taste good, I love ikan barat, Thks Suhaina!

Annie Q said...

Jacket fish...hmmmm...ok. Never heard before, but will find it at market.

Reanaclaire said...

jacket fish is the type that we normally put sambal inside the the stomach, right? looks like a balanced diet here.. :)

mNhL said...

wow...2 in 1 receipe......really a quickie. haha

Somewhere in Singapore said...

I like to eat fish... hehe...

smallkucing said...

Good..2-in-1 dish. Good for lazy me kakaka

manglish said...

is this the fish with very thick skin one ar?

Angie's Recipes said...

A well balanced meal. Great for the lunch.

Pete said...

Annie Q : The fish looks very ugly with the grey leather like jacket on and big eyes. But when they tear away the jacket it has white skin underneath.

Claire : No lah, that one is Cincaru (Hard tail scad)

Mnhl : When no time to cook, cincai hentem....LOL!

Sharon : Good leh!

Smallkucing : Kucing sure like fish, but veg?

Manglish : Ya, they have grey colour outer leather liked jacket but the inner skin is pure white.

Angie : Agree with you

suituapui said...

Gee! You certainly know your fish! English name, Malay name...dua-dua I dunno! LOL!!!