Whole Fish Baked In Banana Leaves (or Foil, Chinese Cabbage or Spinach)
Gourmet in a Flash brings you Whole fish baked in Banana leaves or foil, Chinese cabbage or Spinach This meal serves 6. This meal is cooked in a solardom
Material / ingredients required
Ingredients: (PART 1)
- 1 medium sized red roman about 500-600g slashed twice on each side
- 2 long banana leave stems or enough blanched spinach or Chinese cabbage leaves to wrap around the fish
- 8 Whole cloves of garlic sliced
- 2 thumbs ginger, peeled and sliced
- A handful of fresh Coriander
- 1 fat stem of lemon grassed sliced lengthways
- 1 ripe lemon slice
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Asian dressing: (PART 2)
Ingredients:
- 1 thumb ginger, sliced into matchsticks
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 chillie sliced
- 100 ml brown sugar
- 250ml soya sauce
- 100ml rice wine vinegar
- 2 star anise
- 1 cup chopped mint and coriander
PART 1
Step 1:
Lay the banana leaves onto a flat surface and cut the leaf away from the stem in one long piece, hold the leaf over an open flame to wilt it.
Step 2:
Lay the banana leaf down onto a flat surface and place the garlic, ginger, coriander and lemon grass onto the middle of them, lay the fish onto the aromatics and fill the cavity with the sliced lemon, squeeze lemon juice over the fish and season with salt and pepper, wrap the fish up and place it on the baking tray. on the low rack on the metal tray.
Step 3:
Choose the menu, press start. After cooking, remove from the oven and stand for 10 minutes
PART 2
Gently fry the ginger until softened. Add the garlic and palm sugar and fry until the sugar has melted. Add the remaining ingredients and reduce to the desired consistency.
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