Monday 22 March 2021

Sweet & Sour Baked Fish

Courtesy: Monira Chowdhury

Whole Tilapia fish gutted, cleaned & scored (fish of your choice) 

Marinade & Glaze:
3 Tbsp fish sauce
3 Tbsp sweet chilli sauce
1 Tbsp soy
1 Tbsp Lemon juice or rice vinegar
1 Tbsp Garlic & Ginger combined paste (or 1/2 Tbsp each garlic and ginger)
1 Tbsp lemon grass paste (optional) 
1 Tbsp Palm sugar (crushed or fine)
Pinch salt (to taste)
Fish cavity filling:
4 Round Cut lemon slices (1 small lemon) 
4 whole Garlic cloves
Spring (green) onion (sliced 1 inch length)
1 Red chilli cut in half lengthwise

Garnish 
Finely sliced red chilli 
Finely sliced spring (green) onion

1) Mix marinade and pour on fish, rubbing inside and put fish and sauce into a baking dish 
2) fill inside cavity of fish with ingredients, any excess that won't fit into the cavity add to marinade in the dish 
3) bake covered in foil 200c 30 minutes 
4) drain cooked marinade sauce into frying pan and reduce into a glaze consistency (5 minutes) 
5) re-pour over served fish and add garnish 
Serve with Jasmin Rice

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