Sake Steamed Sea Bass - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sake
3/4 cup clam juice
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 garlic clove, smashed
4 (6 ounce) sea bass fillets
2 chopped scallions
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons cilantro, to taste
2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
1 cup jasmine rice (this looks really nice served over black rice) or 1 cup basmati rice, cooked the usual way (this looks really nice served over black rice)

Preparation

Heat the first 4 ingredients to boil, then lower to simmer in a pot big enough to hold the steamer.
Add the fish on a steamer rack, top with salt, pepper, scallions, soy sauce and sesame oil.
Cover and steam for 5 minutes until opaque; remove rack add cilantro to cooking liquid.
Serve rice on 4 plates, top with fish, top with cooking juices, sprinkle with sesame seeds.