spicy black bean sauce song fish head松鱼头 1.8.2016

i made spicy black bean sauce 2 times recently, the best was for a 6pax lunch for my OPS primary school classmates on 1.8.2016. ^^

spicy black bean paste fish head @ hk street sum kee alexandra village

5 of us went for a walk along southern ridge park connector from hortpark to mt faber on 13.7.2016.

after that we enjoyed a nice dinner for 5 at hk street sum kee alexandra village, including an excellent spicy black bean sauce song fish head. 🙂

this one of the best song fish head松鱼头 around.

i do like the hk street chun kee at commonwealth crescent food centre equally though. 🙂 this a less common dry steam style but the paste is really super!

spicy black bean sauce song fish head松鱼头 – 8.7.2016

i thought i could approximate that those 2 excellent fish head dishes somewhat.

obviously the sauce would be different, but manly it is to produce the right mix of mild sweet, tangy, mild salty sauce on a very fresh song fish head.

the first time i made was for another 6pax lunch for my OPS primary school classmates on 8.7.2016. ^^

i thought the fish head was quite good good.

i made the sauce myself mixing lemon juice, olive oil, mirin, light soy sauce, corn flour, sugar & lee kum kee spicy black bean sauce. i like the sauce myself.

spicy black bean sauce song fish head松鱼头 – 8.7.2016

for me its better than the fish head we had at sik bao sin on 5.7.2016.

one thing to correct was there was too much condensation in the steam oven so the sauce became a bit diluted. & there was no time for me to reduce the sauce in a pan to make it right.

on my second attempt on 1.8.2016 (top photo) i did it just right, by all my friends.

for me, it was very good too though i can also do with a bit more of the sauce. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

Ingredients:

• 1/2 song fish head松鱼头

spicy black bean sauce mix

• 1 heap tbsp lee kum kee spicy black bean sauce
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp olive oil (or vegetable oil)
• 2 tbsp mirin (optional)
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp corn flour

Directions:

1. wash the fish head with salt then drain (lazy way la – i steam the fish with the sauce rather than separately)
2. add the spicy bean sauce mix
3. steam in steam oven or steamer for 13mins (make sure fish is fully cooked)