Hong Kong-Style Sea Bass - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 inches fresh ginger
    3 green onions
    1/2 cup vegetable oil, divided
    4 garlic cloves, crushed
    1 lb fresh spinach
    4 (6 ounce) sea bass fillets or (6 ounce) grouper fillets
    1/4 cup sesame oil
    1/3 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
    1/3 cup dry sherry
    1/3 cup water
    2 teaspoons sugar
Preparation
    Peel ginger, and cut into thin strips. Cut green onions into 2-inch thin strips; set ginger and green onions aside.
    Pour 1/4 cup vegetable oil into a large skillet; place over high heat until hot. Add garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 to 7 seconds; remove and discard garlic.
    Add spinach to skillet; cook, stirring constantly, until lightly wilted. Spoon spinach onto serving plates, and keep warm.
    Place fish in a steamer basket or bamboo steamer over boiling water; cover and steam 8 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Place fish on spinach; top with ginger and green onions.
    Combine remaining 1/4 cup vegetable oil and sesame oil in skillet; place over high heat until hot. Drizzle over fish.
    Bring soy sauce and next 3 ingredients to a boil in skillet. Drizzle half of mixture over fish; serve immediately with remaining mixture.

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