This Steamed Pompano Recipe is an easy and colorfully interesting dish that features a nicely seasoned, then steamed until tender Pompano fish seasoned with salt and pepper, filled with ginger, covered all over with with vegetables like carrots, and green onions, with some lemon then drizzled in a savory sauce made of garlic, onions, green chilies, soy sauce, oyster sauce, a bit of water, some sesame oil, and liquid seasoning. A quick dish that just needs a bit of preparation and some time in the steamer and it’s ready to be served !
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Ingredients

1 large Pompano, gutted ( around 750 grams )
Salt and pepper
1 thumb sized ginger ( sliced ), more for the fish and sauce
1 big banana leaf
1 lemon ( sliced )
1 carrot ( julienned )
Green onions ( shredded )
1 small onion ( sliced )
2 cloves garlic ( minced )
1 piece green chili ( sliced, optional )
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
¼ cup water
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon liquid seasoning
Steps:

To prepare the pompano; give this a shallow crisscross cut on each side. Season with salt and pepper on both sides. Stuff ginger, inside the fish and set this aside.
Prepare a big sheet of aluminum foil, place over a banana leaf, lemon, a bit of carrots, green onions, and ginger. Then place the fish on top. Above the fish, cover with some lemon, ginger, green onions, and carrots.
Finally covering the banana leaf and aluminum foil, leaving a slight hole in the middle peaking out. Place this on top of a steamer or boiling pot of water with a grill / rack in the middle. Cover and steam for 20 minutes. Set aside.
For the sauce; Heat some oil in a pan, saute onion, garlic, leftover ginger, green onions, carrots, chili, soy sauce, oyster sauce, water, half a lemon, sesame oil, and liquid seasoning.
Uncover the fish from the aluminum and upper covering of banana leaf. Pour the sauce over the steamed fish. Garnish with more spring onions before serving.