[ Prep Time: 5 min | Cooking Time: 15 min | Serving: 4 ]
Cooking big-eye snappers with preserved turnips is a quick and easy home cooked dish. The resulting fish broth is very delicious and packed with flavour!
Ingredients
2 Big Eye Snappers
65 g Preserved turnips
1 Shallot
5 Ginger Slices
1 Garlic Clove
1 Tbsp Oil
½ Tsp Salt
800 mL Water
Method
1. Soak preserved turnips with water for 10 minutes, drain well, cut into small cubes and set aside.
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2. Remove the guts from the big eye snappers, rinse with water and set aside.
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3. Pan fry ginger slices, chopped shallot and garlic clove until fragrant, then add the big eye snappers.
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4. Add preserved turnips and water, simmer over medium heat for 8 min.
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Notes
There is no need to descale the big eye snappers.