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Sea bass with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions

Sea bass with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions

A classic Vietnamese seafood from TheMealDB community kitchen — straightforward technique, real ingredients.

40
min total
4
servings
162
cal / serving
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Origin

Categorized as Vietnamese Seafood in TheMealDB. Original source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sea-bass-sizzled-ginger-chilli-spring-onions

Ingredients

  • 6Sea Bass Fillets
  • 3 tablespoonsSunflower Oil
  • KnobGinger
  • 3 sliced thinlyGarlic Clove
  • 3 LargeRed Chilli
  • BunchSpring Onions
  • 1 tablespoonSoy Sauce

Instructions

  1. 01

    Season 6 sea bass fillets with salt and pepper, then slash the skin 3 times.

  2. 02

    Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add 1 tbsp sunflower oil.

  3. 03

    Once hot, fry the sea bass fillets, skin-side down, for 5 mins or until the skin is very crisp and golden. The fish will be almost cooked through.

  4. 04

    Turn over, cook for another 30 seconds - 1 minute, then transfer to a serving plate and keep warm. You’ll need to fry the sea bass fillets in 2 batches.

  5. 05

    Heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil, then fry the large knob of peeled ginger, cut into matchsticks, 3 thinly sliced garlic cloves and 3 thinly shredded red chillies for about 2 mins until golden.

  6. 06

    Take off the heat and toss in the bunch of shredded spring onions. Splash the fish with 1 tbsp soy sauce and spoon over the contents of the pan.

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