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Thai steamed snapper – type thing

Posted on Jul 7th, 2013
by Brian Kennett
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This one is delicious, or so I have been told. Yes it’s fish, so do I eat this after cooking it – not really.

Not the best photo apologies - way before I bought my Canon. Means I should really cook this again huh!!!
Not the best photo apologies – way before I bought my Canon. Means I should really cook this again huh!!!

Where did it come from? Basically some guess work. It was originally created when I was living in Australia and I was messing about with some Thai ingredients, a fish, a banana leaf and a BBQ.

One we had whilst we were in Bohol, Philippines - mine not too far from this version by the looks of it
One we had whilst we were in Bohol, Philippines – mine not too far from this version by the looks of it

A decent sized snapper will probably serve two people. It really is again just so simple, and so effective.

Depending how many people you have coming you’ll need to up the ante for this. The ingredients below are per fish. So the more people, the more fish, the more of below;

  • 1 decent sized snapper – pre-prepared by your fish monger – so de-scaled and gutted (not as in his football team lost last night, but as in cleaned and guts removed ha ha);
  • 2 chili padi sliced in half lengthways;
  • 1 lime sliced;
  • 1 lime quartered;
  • 1 handful of coriander;
  • 1 knob of ginger sliced lengthways;
  • Some olive oil; and
  • Pinch of salt and pepper.

Lay the fish in some silver foil. It needs to be in the middle of the foil, because once the fish is prepared you’ll be folding the foil over the fish to form a little “tent” of space above it.

Why?

Because if you leave the little space it will allow the fish to cook using the steam build up in that space, and if you do that it will make the fish very moist.

In the cavity of the fish you simply lay the chili, lime slices, coriander (keep some back for garnish) and ginger. Then on both sides of the skin of the fish drizzle a little oil and sprinkle some salt and pepper.

Fold the foil up and pop this in the oven for about 20-30 minutes at 220 degrees. You can use my “cold knife on lip” technique (see “tips of the trade” section) to check it is cooked all the way through.

Then open up the foil and place under a grill to crisp up the skin on both sides, or just serve it as steamed.

When on the plate, simply sprinkle over the remaining coriander and place the lime wedges for personal choice souring.

Seriously how simple was that.

Come on anyone can do this dish, right?

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Brian Kennett

Father of 3. All my kids are mixed, with English-Japanese, and English-Filipino - a recipe in the making there. I have been cooking since a small lad, as guided by my Nan and my Mum - gradually that morphed through exposure to Thai cooking from a lovely lady called Da in Margate. I used to hang out in her restaurant and watch the techniques. So the 1+1= greater than 2 occurred - Mum/Nan/Da - off I went in to the world of Asian cuisine. Moving to Asia in early 2000's clearly has brought that on somewhat - we travel continually, and eat locally and therefore have exposure to more and more new things. I have lived my dream and written a cook book whilst here, an amazing experience and all for a good cause too as I raised a lot of money for charity. My blog is now hopefully turning in to book number 2. Watch this space. I hope you enjoy my passion.

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