A simple and very fragrant sea bream recipe to start a good, long weekend. You may delegate all technical steps to your fishmonger (gutting and skinning the fish). You will have plenty of time available to set a pretty table, uncork the wine, and prepare a nice accompaniment like Thai rice or mashed sweet potatoes. The sea bream is cooked alone in the oven (do not forget to water it from time to time) … who can pretend that fish is hard to cook after that? The flavors of ginger, garlic, and lemon grass make you instantly travel to Asia.
Ingredients: Baked Sea Bream Fish
Serves 4 :
- A nice bream of 1 3/4 lbs (800 g), drained and flaked
- 4 stalks of lemongrass
- An inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
- 1 coffee spoon with sesame seeds
- 1 coffee spoon fish sauce or oyster sauce
- 2 coffee spoons of soy sauce
- A few coriander leaves
- 1 lime (to serve)
- Some roasted peanuts (optional)
Cooking instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 360°F (180°c).
2. In a bowl, mix fish sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Add a tablespoon of water and sesame seeds. Set aside.
3. Peel garlic, cut it into thin strips. Peel the ginger and cut it into thin strips. Remove the outer leaves of lemongrass stalks and cut them lengthwise. Cut the remaining stalks into rounds.
4. Make cuts with a sharp knife on both sides of the sea bream. Place in the bottom of a large flat stalks of lemongrass and half the ginger and garlic. Baste the bream with sauce on both sides. Drop it in the dish. Top with remaining ginger, garlic and lemon grass sliding a few pieces in the slots. Pour a little sauce. Add a few coriander leaves and bake for about twenty minutes, basting regularly.
5. Serve with lime wedges.
6. You can add a few chopped coriander leaves and chopped roasted peanuts.
The wine pairing: Riesling, Gewurztraminer, or a Graves (white).
Tips: To ensure that your fish is well flavored, it is important to make deep cuts in the flesh on each side. Slip a few slices of garlic, ginger, and lemongrass into the slits. You can prepare the fish ahead and marinate in the fridge until ready to cook. It will only get better!
(Image Dominique Sauvages)
Baked Sea Bream Fish Recipes
by eatwell101
Yield: 4
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Easy baked Sea Bream fish recipes serve with Thai rice.
Ingredients
- A nice bream of 1 3/4 lbs (800 g), drained and flaked
- 4 stalks of lemongrass
- An inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
- 1 coffee spoon with sesame seeds
- 1 coffee spoon fish sauce or oyster sauce
- 2 coffee spoons of soy sauce
- A few coriander leaves
- 1 lime (to serve)
- Some roasted peanuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 360°F (180°c).
- In a bowl, mix fish sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Add a tablespoon of water and sesame seeds. Set aside.
- Peel garlic, cut it into thin strips. Peel the ginger and cut it into thin strips. Remove the outer leaves of lemongrass stalks and cut them lengthwise. Cut the remaining stalks into rounds.
- Make cuts with a sharp knife on both sides of the sea bream. Place in the bottom of a large flat stalks of lemongrass and half the ginger and garlic. Baste the bream with sauce on both sides. Drop it in the dish. Top with remaining ginger, garlic and lemon grass sliding a few pieces in the slots. Pour a little sauce. Add a few coriander leaves and bake for about twenty minutes, basting regularly.
- Serve with lime wedges.
- You can add a few chopped coriander leaves and chopped roasted peanuts.
- The wine pairing: Riesling, Gewurztraminer, or a Graves (white).
Recipe Notes
- To ensure that your fish is well flavored, it is important to make deep cuts in the flesh on each side. Slip a few slices of garlic, ginger, and lemongrass into the slits. You can prepare the fish ahead and marinate in the fridge until ready to cook. It will only get better!
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2011-11-06 23:57:55
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