Recipe: Thai-style Steamed Fish with Lime Juice & Garlic

If you love Thai-style 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜 aka Pla Kapong Neung Manao ปลากะพงนึ่งมะนาว , you can try recreating it at home at a fraction of restaurant prices. The best fish to use for this dish would be siakap, also known as barramundi / Asian seabass which you can get easily in Malaysia. The sauce should be a balance of spicy, sweet and sour flavours 😋 Easy, delicious and appetising!

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𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜

Recipe by Baby Sumo

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves 3-4

Ingredients
500g siakap fish (barramundi), cleaned and gutted
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
6 stalks coriander, separate leaves and stalks

For the lime sauce
1/2 cup hot water
1 tsp chicken stock powder
2 tbsp brown or palm sugar
2 red cili padi
5 cloves garlic
3 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp fish sauce

1. To make sauce, first pour boiling water into a measuring jug, then dissolve the chicken stock powder and sugar. Then, add rest of the ingredients and mix well. The sauce should be sour, slightly spicy and sweet - adjust seasoning to your liking, using more lime juice, cili padi or sugar.

2. Pat the fish dry with a kitchen towel. Score the fish three times on both sides. Stuff the cavity of the fish the lemongrass. Place fish on a heatproof plate. Steam on high heat for 10 minutes.

3 . Place coriander stalks on side of the fish. Pour sauce over the fish. Then, garnish with coriander and serve.

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