Stop Overcooking Fish! Try This Silky-Smooth Garlic Fillet | Chinese Style Fish Recipe

This Chinese style tender fish fillet in garlic sauce is a fantastic quick and easy recipe that delivers a restaurant quality meal in under thirty minutes. By simply marinating the sliced fish for ten minutes before poaching the fillet until it is perfectly opaque, you ensure a silky texture that melts in the mouth. The dish comes together beautifully as you fry up the aromatic seasonings and toss in the delicate fish to coat it in a punchy garlic sauce that offers an incredible depth of flavour. It is the perfect dish to go along with a bowl of steamed rice and you can easily add some greens like bok choy or broccoli to make it a complete and nutritious meal. This recipe is likely faster than waiting for a takeaway and is incredibly simple to execute even on your busiest weeknight. We highly encourage you to try making this dish for a satisfying home-cooked dinner. Happy cooking!

Serves 3 - 4

Ingredients

For the marinated fish
300g (10.6 oz) boneless fish fillets, sliced (such as seabass, snakehead, snapper, or grouper)
½ egg white
½ tsp salt
A few dashes of ground white pepper
1 tbsp cornflour

For the stir-fry
4 garlic cloves, chopped
3 spring onions, chopped (reserve the white stems to add earlier in the cooking process)
½ tsp sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
200ml (7.0 fl oz) water
½ tsp chicken stock powder (bouillon)
A few dashes of ground white pepper
¼ tsp salt
A little cornflour slurry (cornflour mixed with a splash of cold water)

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