
Sea bass with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions
A classic Vietnamese seafood from TheMealDB community kitchen — straightforward technique, real ingredients.
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
- 01
Season 6 sea bass fillets with salt and pepper, then slash the skin 3 times.
- 02
Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add 1 tbsp sunflower oil.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.





