This Sunday, February 10th, marks the Chinese New Year and ushers in the Year of the Snake. It is traditional in China to prepare a whole fish as part of the New Years meal. The Chinese word for fish ...

Active Work time is 15 minutes. Total preparation time is 45 minutes. “To celebrate the coming of the New Year, the Chinese prepare certain foods because they have a specific meaning. Whole fish ...

Juicy, moist, flavorful fish is a Chinese specialty. The method of steaming helps preserve the delicate flavor and texture, while adding flavor with sauces and vegetables. This fish is steamed on a ...

The Lunar New Year festival usually lasts for 15 days and focuses on family reunions, but if you can't be with loved ones in person this year, at least you can make some delicious (and lucky) food at ...

This steamed fish recipe is light, aromatic, and packed with Asian flavors. A whole fish or fillets are gently steamed with ginger, scallions, and soy sauce, creating a tender, juicy texture with a ...

Ginger, soy sauce and scallions flavor this Chinese Steamed Fish meal. The food takes only minutes to cook, but the chopping and cutting to prepare ingredients can be time-consuming. This recipe has ...

“To be perfectly frank,” Ling-ya Lee, who came to Los Angeles from Taiwan in 1989, says of her Chinese New Year preparations, “I rarely make dumplings anymore.” Given the high quality of ready-made ...

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s new “My Grandmother’s Chinese Kitchen: 100 Family Recipes and Life Lessons” is a beautiful book. As an object, it’s charming, though not in a coffee-table or chef-opus way. The ...

Baking a whole fish wrapped in foil rather than steaming it keeps it moist, and once cooked, the fillets will come off the bone without a struggle. (Matthew Mead) The Chinese like to feature whole ...

The first time I had to test a recipe for steamed fish was back in the ’80s, when I was working in the test kitchen at Gourmet magazine. And truthfully, the very idea seemed preposterous. Steaming ...

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