Excellent Oolong Sea Bass Recipe

[capemaymartin]

I tried this recipe the other night & it was excellent! Enjoy!

P. F. Chang's Oolong Marinated Sea Bass


MARINADE/SAUCE
2 cups water
2/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
1/2 teaspoon Oolong tea (Wegmans)
Two 1/2-pound sea bass fillets

OPTIONAL GARNISH
1 tablespoon oil
6 handfuls fresh spinach
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic drained
15.5-ounce can whole baby sweet corn (6 to 8 baby corns), drained


1. Make your sauce and marinade by combining the six ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool uncovered, then strain out the ginger, garlic, and tea.

2. Put your sea bass fillets in a storage bag or a covered container with 2 cups of the marinade. Let the fish have a nice soak in the marinade for 5 to 7 hours in the fridge. If the sauce doesn't completely cover the fish, be sure to turn the fillets a couple hours in so that all sides get marinated.

3. When you are ready to prepare the fish, preheat your oven to 425 degrees.

4. Arrange the fillets on a baking sheet. Bake the fish for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the fillets are starting to turn brown.
4 a. Crank the oven up to a high broil and broil fish for 2 to 3 minutes or until you get some dark patches around the edge of the fillets. Just don't let them burn.

5. As your fish is baking, heat up a wok or large skillet with one tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the spinach, garlic, and baby sweet corn, and a dash of salt and pepper to the pan. Saute the veggies just until the spinach is wilted, then arrange half of the spinach and corn on each of two plates.

6. When the sea bass is done broiling, use a spatula to carefully lay each fillet on the bed of spinach and baby corn. Split the remaining sauce and pour it over each of the fillets before serving.

Serves 2.

[LeftyReeler]

That recipe sounds quite tasty, just not sure of the cook time, 22mins seems like you will overcook the fish especially if your gonna broil it following that.... do you watch to see if the fish begins to flake?


I have a freezer full of sea bass cant wait to give it a shot.

Where do you buy Oolong tea - supermarket?

[capemaymartin]

Adjust time depending on the thickness of the fillets, I brought home some nice thick fillets this weekend from the Gambler. Picked up Oolong tea @ Wegmans but I am sure any black tea would do the same.

Most importantly - monitor the fish while cooking as it is easy to over cook. The broiler is used to caramelize the sugars (slightly) blackening the outside of the fish for a finish.

I baked my fillets for about 18 minutes in a convection oven and they were perfect.

Enjoy & let me know how you like it

[LeftyReeler]

sweet thinking about waiving this in on Saturday -- awesome recipe thanks for sharing

[capemaymartin]

Right on, I cooked again tonight using thinner fillets and adjusted the cook time above from 18-22 to 8 to 10 minutes.

[smokeyjoe]

Sounds good will try soon