Baked snapper with snow pea salad and lime dressing

The whole fish looks elegant on the plate garnished with salad and fried shallots.

Recipe «Baked snapper with snow pea salad and lime dressing» 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: 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, 2cm knob of ginger, thinly sliced, 1 lime, thinly sliced, 4 x 500g whole snapper, 300g snow peas, trimmed, blanched , 1/2 cup mint leaves, 1/2 cup coriander leaves, 3 spring onions, finely sliced , Fried Asian shallots*, to garnish, Steamed rice, to serve, 1/2 small chilli, finely sliced, 2 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp caster sugar.

Ingredients:

• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 
• 2cm knob of ginger, thinly sliced 
• 1 lime, thinly sliced 
• 4 x 500g whole snapper 
• 300g snow peas, trimmed, blanched 
• 1/2 cup mint leaves 
• 1/2 cup coriander leaves 
• 3 spring onions, finely sliced 
• Fried Asian shallots*, to garnish 
• Steamed rice, to serve 
• 1/2 small chilli, finely sliced 
• 2 tbsp lime juice 
• 1 tbsp fish sauce 
• 1 tbsp caster sugar 

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
2. Divide garlic, ginger and lime among fish cavities and season. Place on tray and cook for 15-20 minutes or until flesh flakes away easily from bone.
3. Combine dressing ingredients and stir to dissolve sugar. Slice snow peas finely and place in a bowl with herbs and spring onion.
4. Pour dressing over salad and toss.
5. Place whole fish on plates and top with salad. Garnish with fried shallots and serve with steamed rice.