Sand Pot Fish 豆豉龍躉煲

I bought a sand pot for $3 in Chinatown and have been having great fun with it. Here is an example. A nice thick piece of ling cod is seared in a frying pan. Because ling cod is such a bland fish, I decided to cook some flavour into it, and sand pot is just the thing to do it. The pot works like a tiny oven and contain flavours very well. I sautéed big pieces of ginger and scallion in the very hot pot before preserved black beans are added with a chili. The browned fish is added and a little Shaoxing liquor is poured. The lid is added for a couple of minutes before a little sugar and soy sauce go in. Keeping the lid on, I remove the whole thing from the heat for a couple three minutes until the fish is cooked. Very tasty indeed.