Prepare all flavoring herbs and veggies. Slice ginger and galangal. Smash garlic and green onions. Slice onion and tomatoes. Half mini bell peppers and remove the seeds.
Salt cure the bass for at least 30 minutes before cooking. Rinse and cut fish into bite size pieces with bones in.
Heat up Olive oil and add spices(Szechuan chilli and peppercorn) as well as herbs (ginger, garlic, green onions, pickles, onions). Saut for a minute until aroma release to hot oil.
Add veggies and tofu cubes and saut for 2 minutes on high heat.
Stir in Szechuan chilli paste and soy sauce. Add wine to loose up the sauce.
Add fish bites now. Gently mix in with everything else. Pour in boiling water to cover the fish. Allow it to braise on high heat for about 25~30 minutes. Turn very lightly to allow all ingredients to soak in delicious juice.
Once the liquid reduced to half, transfer everything into a flat baking pan. Braised the fish in a heated oven for about 15 minutes to crispy things up. Decorate with green onions on top.
