Fish Fillet with Spicy XO Sauce

Now THIS is making me REALLY hungry.  This fish fillet with XO sauce dish comes from one of our favorite local restaurants.  I won’t complain about it at all, but I’ll say that if I were to make it, I’d go a lot heavier on the XO sauce, enough so that you could see the spicy, flavor-infused, dark red bits.  A riff on the “XO” portion of a good cognac, XO sauce is made from equally fine ingredients including: dried scallop, very finely diced ham, and hot chili peppers.  The combo ends up being oil-based condiment bursting with spice and umami-flavor that is good on everything - in a dish like this or served with my dad’s homemade noodles or dumplings.  My mom’s recipe (and tips on growing hot chili peppers) will be found the book!