Salt-baked snapper with Asian herb salad
- 09.03.2017
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Recipe «Salt-baked snapper with Asian herb salad» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1.5kg coarse rock salt, 1 large whole snapper, cleaned, unscaled, 1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, coarsely chopped, 4 kaffir lime leaves, coarsely torn, 5cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, thickly sliced , Lemon wedges, to serve, 2 tbsp shaved palm sugar, 1 tbsp lime juice , 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 bunch coriander, leaves picked, 1 bunch round mint, leaves picked, 1 bunch Thai basil, leaves picked, 1/2 stalk lemongrass, white part only, very thinly sliced, 1 kaffir lime leaf, finely shredded, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, trimmed, thinly sliced into ribbons.
Ingredients:
- 1.5kg coarse rock salt
- 1 large whole snapper, cleaned, unscaled
- 1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, coarsely chopped
- 4 kaffir lime leaves, coarsely torn
- 5cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, thickly sliced
- Lemon wedges, to serve
- 2 tbsp shaved palm sugar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 bunch coriander, leaves picked
- 1 bunch round mint, leaves picked
- 1 bunch Thai basil, leaves picked
- 1/2 stalk lemongrass, white part only, very thinly sliced
- 1 kaffir lime leaf, finely shredded
- 2 Lebanese cucumbers, trimmed, thinly sliced into ribbons
- 2 purple Asian shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Spoon half the salt over a roasting pan. Place the fish on top. Place the lemongrass, lime leaves and ginger in the cavity of the fish. Top with remaining salt and press firmly around fish.
- Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside for 5 minutes to rest.
- Meanwhile, to make the salad, combine the palm sugar, lime juice, fish sauce and sesame oil in a small bowl. Stir until sugar dissolves. Place the coriander, mint, basil, lemongrass, lime leaf, cucumber, shallots and chilli in a bowl; gently toss to combine. Drizzle with dressing and toss to combine.
- Place the fish on a serving platter. Serve immediately with salad and lemon wedges.