Thai crispy fish with tamarind sauce

Recipes / Fish

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Recipe «Thai crispy fish with tamarind sauce» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 green shallots, trimmed, sliced into 5cm-long strips, 1kg whole snapper, cleaned, scaled, 75g plain flour, Vegetable oil, to deep-fry, 1 long fresh red chilli, thinly sliced , Lime wedges, to serve, 3 coriander roots, cleaned, coarsely chopped, 3 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped , 2 long fresh red chillies, coarsely chopped, 1/2 tsp sea salt, 1 tbs vegetable oil, 1 French shallot, thinly sliced, 4cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, very finely sliced, 60ml tamarind concentrate, 65g shaved palm sugar, 1 tbs fish sauce.

Ingredients:

  • 2 green shallots, trimmed, sliced into 5cm-long strips 
  • 1kg whole snapper, cleaned, scaled 
  • 75g plain flour 
  • Vegetable oil, to deep-fry 
  • 1 long fresh red chilli, thinly sliced 
  • Lime wedges, to serve 
  • 3 coriander roots, cleaned, coarsely chopped 
  • 3 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 
  • 2 long fresh red chillies, coarsely chopped 
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt 
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil 
  • 1 French shallot, thinly sliced 
  • 4cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, very finely sliced 
  • 60ml tamarind concentrate 
  • 65g shaved palm sugar 
  • 1 tbs fish sauce 
  • 1-2 tbs water, optional 

Instructions

  1. Place sliced shallot in a bowl of cold water and set aside to soak. The strips should curl as they soak.
  2. For sauce, use a mortar and pestle to pound coriander, garlic, chilli and salt to a paste. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the French shallot and ginger.
  3. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until aromatic. Add coriander paste. Stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add tamarind, sugar and fish sauce. Simmer for 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Set aside.
  4. Cut 3 slashes in the thickest part of the snapper on both sides. Place the flour on a large plate. Lightly coat fish in flour. Shake off any excess.
  5. Fill a wok one-third full with oil. Heat to 180°C over high heat (see tip). Cook fish for 4 minutes each side or until just cooked through and golden. Drain on paper towel.
  6. Reheat sauce. Add water if too thick. Transfer fish to a plate. Pour sauce over fish. Sprinkle shallot and chilli, if using, over fish. Serve with lime wedges.