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Ingredients
Steamed Fish with Soybeans
- Ingredients
- olive oil
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
- 400 grams young, fresh green soybean
- 15 leaves Lemon balm
- juice of lemons
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 pcs fish fillets (about 180 grams)
- 2 Tbsps lemon juice
- 2 red chili peppers
Rinse the soybeans in a bowl, cover and cook in microwave oven on 850 watts for about 5 minutes. Optionally, cook in a pan with water for 10-15 minutes.
Rinse and dry the lemon balm leaves. Coarsely puree the soybeans (reserving some for garnish) with the lemon balm. Season with salt and pepper. Add 4 tablespoons olive oil and lemon juice to puree. Peel garlic, squeeze through a press into the mixture and stir thoroughly. Adjust seasoning as necessary.
Put soybean puree in a bowl.
Rinse fish fillets, pat dry, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
Rinse chile peppers, cut lengthwise and chop finely.
Put the pieces of fish in a bowl and spread chile peppers on fish. Cover the fish with 250 ml (approximately 1 cup) of water and cook in microwave at 850 watts for about 7 minutes. Optionally, simmer in a covered pot over low heat about 10 minutes. Puree soybeans until smooth. To serve, top the soybean puree with the fish, drizzle with oil and serve sprinkled with reserved soybeans.