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Chinese Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers (Easy) 煎讓三寶

Name: Chinese Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers (Easy) 煎讓三寶
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 Green Peppers, segmented and seeds removed; 500g Fresh Dace Fish Paste 鯪魚滑 or Homemade Dace Fish Paste; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 tsp Shaoxing Cooking Wine; 1 tbsp Cornstarch; A handful of Fresh Cilantro; A Handful of Finely Chopped Spring Onion; 1 lb Fresh Dace, sliced 鯪魚; 1 Dried Tangerine Peel 陳皮, finely chopped; A handful of Fresh Cilantro, finely chopped; 2 Stalks of Finely Chopped Spring Onion; 1 tsp Kosher Salt; 1 tsp Chicken Powder; 1/2 tsp Sugar; 1/4 tsp Ground White Pepper Powder; 1 tbsp Cornstarch

Sep 28, 2022 · 68 Comments

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Chinese Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers 煎讓三寶 is a popular Southern Chinese street food made with the fresh fish paste using dace fish meat or shrimp paste. Aside from stuffing dace fish paste in red or green peppers, most Hong Kong-style dim sum restaurants will also include varieties of stuffed tofu and eggplants. This family favourite is called Three Fried Stuffed Treasures Chinese and is served with black bean sauce.

In This Post: Everything You'll Need For Making Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers

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In This Post: Everything You'll Need For Making Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients and Substitutes
How To Assembly Chinese Stuffed Peppers
What To Serve With Dim Sum Style Chinese Stuffed Peppers
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Chinese Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers (Easy) 煎讓三寶

Ingredients and Substitutes

This family favourite can be a shortcut at home using store-bought premade fish paste.

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Fresh Fish Paste - choose from either premade dace fish paste from your local Asian grocery stores or make your own homemade dace fish paste using fresh dace fish.

Of course, homemade dace fish paste 鯪魚滑 (魚漿) can easily be made using fresh white fish, dried tangerine peels, some fresh cilantro, and finely chopped green onions.

What is Dace? Dace 鯪魚 is a freshwater fish known as mud carp native to Southern China. It has tender white flesh and is chock full of tiny thin bones.

You can easily make Fried Dace Fish Patties if there are any leftover fish paste. We love that fragrant golden goodness!

Cut up the fried dace fish cakes and turn them into delicious stir fry with bitter melon! I think my mouth just watered thinking about it these excellent side dishes.
Alternatively, you can also use fresh raw shrimp paste. Some Chinese stuffed peppers recipes also call for fattier ground pork paste.

Fresh Green Bell Peppers - It doesn't have to be green peppers. Feel free to use either red peppers, yellow peppers or orange peppers. A personal preference I like to use different colours because it is vibrant looking!

Long horn peppers, jalapeno peppers, eggplants and fried tofu puffs are also excellent choices!

Corn Starch - Use for binding fish paste and vegetables.

Cold Water - Used for binding fish paste and vegetables and cooking.

Vegetable Oil - neutral-tasting cooking oil for pan frying the Chinese

Green Onions - Finely chopped green onions can be used as a garnish or added when pan-frying the stuffed peppers to elevate the flavour.

If you love green onions like I do, you will love this Korean Green Scallion Salad!

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Homemade Dace Fish Paste

Dace Fish or White Fish
Dried Tangerine Peel 陳皮
Ground White Pepper Powder
Sesame Oil
Shaoxing Cooking Wine
Fresh Cilantro
Fresh Spring Onion
Sugar to Taste
Salt to Taste
Chicken Stock Powder (optional to add extra flavor)

How To Cook Chinese Fish Paste Stuffed Peppers

Wash green peppers and pat dry with a kitchen paper towel.

Cut off the stems, segment the green peppers and remove the seeds from insides of the peppers with a sharp knife.

Depending on the size of the peppers you are using, you cut them lengthwise in half instead.

Set aside.

You may want to shortcut with store-bought fish paste if it is a busy weeknight. Skip ahead to "How To Assembly Chinese Stuffed Peppers"

Sometimes it is worth the extra effort to make your own homemade fish paste. I like knowing exactly what goes into my fish paste.

Use a cleaver or heavy knife to finely mince and hand chop fresh dace fish meat on a heavy duty cutting board.

Alternatively, if you do not want to pound fish paste by hand, you can also use a good-quality food processor. Here are my picks for the Best Food Processor!

Do not worry about the tiny bones. They will disappear into the sticky paste mixture after being pulverized.

Add fish meat mixture to a large mixing bowl.

Then fold in until combined with finely chopped green onions, sesame oil, cornstarch, Shaoxing wine, dried tangerine peel diced, and ground white pepper powder, sugar and salt to taste.

How To Assembly Chinese Stuffed Peppers

Stuff and cover each pepper segment with the fish paste. Clean up the edges of the peppers.

Ensure that each piece of stuffed pepper has about the same amount of filling. This ensures even cooking time and better presentation.

Add vegetable oil to a wok or large non-stick pan over medium high heat.

Add the stuffed peppers with the fish paste side facing down and cook until they are golden brown. Approximately 2-3 minutes.

Turn the peppers over to sear the bottoms for a further minute. Reduce heat to medium heat if they are browning too quickly.

Transfer to a serving plate. Set aside.

Serve and enjoy hot alone or with Sweet Chili Soy Dipping Sauce 辣椒豉油熟油 or black bean sauce made with fermented black beans, garlic, Shaoxing cooking wine and oil.

What To Serve With Dim Sum Style Chinese Stuffed Peppers

Golden brown pan-fried dim sum is addictive and a crowd pleaser. It is a beautiful simple home-cooked side dish in Asian cuisine we often make and a great way to add some extra vegetable servings to our diet. Best of all, the kids love it!

I guarantee that this will become one of your favourite dim sum recipes! Make this auspicious Three Fried Stuffed Treasures during Chinese New Year too!

I'd love to see how your masterpiece went with this Three Stuffed Treasures recipe! Leave a comment below or tag me on Instagram @INSTANOMSS #INSTANOMSS.

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