Salt-baked snapper with Asian herb salad

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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

  1. 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.
  2. Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside for 5 minutes to rest.
  3. 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.
  4. Place the fish on a serving platter. Serve immediately with salad and lemon wedges.