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Quick Steamed Flounder With Ginger-Garlic Mustard Greens

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This recipe, inspired by a Chinatown dinner, puts the bold tastes of sesame oil, ginger and soy sauce front and center. Here, a steamed piece of flounder sits on a bed of mustard greens, limp, tender and infused with garlic. The greens take the place of choy sum, a relative of bok cho, and give the dish a slightly mustardy flavor. It’s a quick, healthy weeknight dinner packed with flavor. Try it tonight.

by Melissa Clark·published 2008-10-07

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ChineseDinner, Quick, Main Course

Servings

2 servings

Total time

15 min

Calories / serving

344 kcal

Ingredients (8)

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1 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oiloil
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil, more for drizzlingtoasted-sesame-oil
3 garlic cloves, mincedgarlic
1 1-inch-thick slice peeled fresh ginger root, minced
2 small bunches mustard greens, cleaned, stemmed and torn into pieces
1 tablespoon soy sauce, more for drizzlingsoy-sauce
2 flounder fillets, 12 ounces eachflounder
Kosher salt and freshly ground black peppersalt-and-pepper

Instructions (3 steps)

01Heat oils in a very large skillet. Add garlic and ginger and sauté until fragrant and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add mustard greens, soy sauce and 3 tablespoons water, and sauté until greens start to wilt, 2 minutes longer.
02Spread greens out in pan. Season flounder with salt and pepper, and place on top of greens. Cover pan, reduce heat to medium, and let fish steam until just cooked through, about 6 minutes. If pan dries out before fish is cooked through, add a little more water, a teaspoon at a time.
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