Pan-Fried Sea Bass with Ginger Soy Sauce

Pan-fried Sea Bass with Ginger Soy Sauce - delicious sea bass cooked in a pan and served with a simple honey soy sauce fragranced with fresh ginger. 

Pan-fried Sea Bass

Sea bass is probably one of my favourites fish to cook with, but it can be hard to source here where I live in Canada. Often only frozen fillets, occasionally I can pick up some fillets from the fish monger counter at the grocery store and when it's available I always grab some. It's a simple fish to cook, so quick and easy by pan frying and then can be served with the basic of seasonings or a delicious fragrant sauce to compliment. 

Ginger Soy Sauce

The ginger soy sauce to pair with this, uses a combination of dark and light soy sauce, fresh piece of ginger root and garlic for flavour and then some honey for that stick sweetness and a little cornstarch to thicken. 

It is a simple sauce/glaze that is perfect with a variety of fish or protein like chicken, pork etc. 

Dark Soy Sauce

Dark Soy Sauce comes in various different brands and not all are equal. I find supermarket brands are often not true dark soy sauce, and they don't have that deep colour.

The best brands are Premium Chinese ones, such as Lee Kum Lee or Pearl River Bridge. So if you are wondering why your sauce is not as dark in colour. Ensure it definitely says Dark Soy Sauce on the bottle and where possible go for the Chinese Brands. Either way it shouldn't affect the taste too much if you can't get one of the recommended ones. 

Replacements for Honey

The best replacement for Honey is Maple Syrup, has a similar liquid consistency that will work perfectly in a soy glaze like this. So you can use either here in this recipe. 

Sides for Pan-Fried Sea Bass with Ginger Soy Sauce

For your main side either rice or noodles will pair well with this recipe. I went for some plain Jasmine Rice. If you struggle to cook perfect rice. Try my easy method of 2 parts liquid to 1 part rice. So for example, for 1 cup of rice you want two cups of liquid. Rinse your rice first, add to a pan with the liquid, bring to a boil and simmer until the liquid is pretty much all absorbed, turned off the heat, add a lid and leave for about 12-15 minutes, you will have perfectly cooked rice every time. Just remember to not be tempted to stir the rice in the cooking time.

If you are doing low carb or just want to reduce the calories in your meal then this Roasted Cauliflower Rice is the perfect substitute for rice. I love to roast my cauliflower rice and it gives it much more flavour. 

As well as the rice I also did a simple stir fry of carrot and zucchini (courgette) batons. Just slice the vegetables into thin sticks, spray a pan with cooking oil spray and fry the carrot first, when that has softened slightly you can add in the zucchini (courgette) as this only takes a minute or so and then season with a little salt and black pepper. If you don't fancy these vegetables then pair with any of your choosing. There is a huge variety you can choose from for stir fries. 

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