Chinese Spicy Roast Fish (重庆烤鱼)

Ingredients

• 2 whole sea bass 400 grams / 14 ounces each, *see footnote
• olive oil
• fish
• 1 teaspoon chili pepper flakes or powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 ginger thumb, half sliced, half minced
• 1 onion medium size, sliced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons fermented bean paste spicy, dou ban jiang
• 1 tablespoon black bean sauce fermented, dou chi jiang
• 10 pepper Sichuan pickled, pao jiao, or Cajun pickled pepper, optional
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil or vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorn
• 5 cloves garlic halved
• 20 chili pepper dried
• 1 cup lotus root sliced
• 1 cup bamboo shoot sliced
• 2 cups shiitake mushroom sliced
• 20 chili pepper dried
• 4 tablespoons chicken broth or water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• cilantro optional, for garnish

Nutrition

• Calories : 770 calories
• Carbohydrate : 46 grams
• Cholesterol : 115 milligrams
• Fat : 46 grams
• Fiber : 4 grams
• Protein : 46 grams
• SaturatedFat : 11 grams
• Sodium : 2440 milligrams
• Sugar : 5 grams