Seared fish with chilli & garlic

This speedy fish dish is a winner any night of the week.

Recipe «Seared fish with chilli & garlic» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 125ml vegetable oil, 1 large red onion, halved, thinly sliced, 2 large fresh red chillies, thinly sliced, 1 stem lemon grass, pale section only, thinly sliced, 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced , 3.5cm-piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into matchsticks, 60ml water, 1 tbsp soy sauce , 2 tsp caster sugar, 2 tsp fresh lime juice, 800g skin-on white fish fillets, Fresh coriander sprigs, to serve.

Ingredients:

• 125ml vegetable oil 
• 1 large red onion, halved, thinly sliced 
• 2 large fresh red chillies, thinly sliced 
• 1 stem lemon grass, pale section only, thinly sliced 
• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 
• 3.5cm-piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into matchsticks 
• 60ml water 
• 1 tbsp soy sauce 
• 2 tsp caster sugar 
• 2 tsp fresh lime juice 
• 800g skin-on white fish fillets 
• Fresh coriander sprigs, to serve 

Instructions

1. Heat half the oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, for 3-4 minutes or until the onion starts to soften.
2. Add chilli, lemon grass, garlic and ginger. Cook for 2 minutes or until aromatic. Add the water, soy sauce, sugar and lime juice. Cook, shaking the pan, for 1 minute or until the sugar dissolves. Season with salt and pepper. Cover to keep warm.
3. Pat fish dry with paper towel. Heat remaining oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan over high heat. Add half the fish, skin-side down. Cook for 2 minutes. Turn and cook for 2 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a serving platter. Repeat with remaining fish, reheating the pan between batches.
4. Top the fish with the chilli mixture and coriander to serve.