By Linda Gassenheimer
From Tribune News Service

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 very little preparation time and few ingredients making it a very speedy Chinese supper.

Here are some tips on various types of steaming equipment:

Use a one-or-two-tiered steamer. This is a large pot with one or two steaming inserts.

Use a collapsible vegetable steaming rack placed in a skillet and covered with lid.

Use a roasting pan with rack or broiler pan. Line rack with foil. Poke holes in the foil and place in roasting pan or in a large skillet. Cover tightly with foil if you do not have a lid for the pan.

Place a rack or perforated foil pie plate in a wok or other pan and cover with a lid.

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3/4 pound snapper fillet, 1 bottle low-sodium soy sauce*, 1 bottle dry sherry, 1 bottle sesame oil, 1 bunch scallions, 1 piece fresh ginger or ground ginger, 1 small head bok choy, and 1 package steamed or fresh Chinese egg noodles.

Staples: salt and black peppercorns.

Recipe by Linda Gassenheimer

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the soy sauce, sherry, scallions, ginger, and oil together in a bowl or self-seal plastic bag. Add the snapper and marinate 5 minutes turning the fish over once during that time. Place water in steamer bottom and bring to a boil. Line the base of steamer basket with bok choy leaves including the thick stems. Spread noodles over bok choy. Place fish on leaves and pour marinade over top. Cover with a lid and steam 5 minutes over boiling water. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Yield 2 servings.

Per serving: 500 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 g fat, 1.8 g saturated fat, 3 g monounsaturated fat, 110 mg cholesterol, 47 g protein, 50 g carbohydrates, 4 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugars, 580 mg sodium, 1,320 mg potassium, 550 mg phosphorus.

Exchanges: 2 starch, 3 vegetable, 5 lean protein, 1 fat.

• Look for low-sodium soy sauce, containing per tablespoon: 8 calories, 511 mg sodium.

From “Delicious One-Pot Dishes” by Linda Gassenheimer, published by the American Diabetes Association. Reprinted with permission from The American Diabetes Association. Gassenheimer’s latest book is “Simply Smoothies: Fresh & Fast Diabetes-Friendly Snacks & Complete Meals,” published by the American Diabetes Association. To order either book call 1-800-232-6733 or at www.shopdiabetes.org. Copyright 2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC