Sichuan Spicy Fish

Ingredients

• 400 grams white fish fillets sliced into strips 
• 1 cup bean shoot 
• 1 cup snow pea shoots
• 2 spring onions scallions, finely sliced 
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
• steamed rice or noodles, to serve 
• marinade
• 1 tablespoon corn flour  , cornstarch 
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing cooking wine Chinese
• broth Spicy
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 20 chillies  dried red birds’ eye 
• 5 garlic cloves finely chopped 
• 4 centimeters ginger piece, peeled, finely julienned 
• 1 tablespoon chilli paste  doubanjiang 
• 2 teaspoons fermented black beans salted, *, soaked in water for 10 minutes 
• 4 cups fish stock
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• chilli oil topping: 
• 3 tablespoons chilli oil try my homemade version here 
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 10 chillies  dried red birds’ eye