Steamed whole red snapper with asian flavors

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Whole red snappers; (16 to 18 ounces each), cleaned, scaled
16 slices Peeled fresh ginger; very thin slices
2 tablespoons Peeled fresh ginger; chopped
16 slices Peeled garlic; very thin slices
2 tablespoons Peeled garlic; chopped
16 larges Fresh cilantro leaves
3 tablespoons Fresh cilantro leaves; chopped
3 tablespoons Shallots; chopped
3 tablespoons Lemongrass*; chopped
3 tablespoons Green onions; chopped
½ cup Canned low-salt chicken broth
3 tablespoons Soy sauce
2 tablespoons Oriental sesame oil; (12 oz)
2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
Cooked long-grain white rice

Directions

Sprinkle inside of each fish with salt. Using sharp cleaver or knife, make 4 diagonal slits on 1 side of each fish, spacing equally and cutting to the bone. Insert 1 slice of ginger, 1 slice of garlic and 1 cilantro leaf into each slit. Turn fish over. Make 4 diagonal slits on second side of each fish and insert remaining sliced ginger, sliced garlic and cilantro leaves.

Arrange fish in a 9-inch diameter glass pie dish. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover; refrigerate.)

Pour enough water into wok or large pot to reach depth of 1½ inches.

Place bottom of 11 to 12 inch diameter bamboo steamer over water in wok or open a steamer rack and place in pot. Place dish with fish in bamboo steamer (or on steamer rack). Curl tails if necessary to fit. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon each of chopped cilantro, shallots, lemongrass and green onions into dish around fish. Combine broth and 1 tablespoon soy sauce in cup and pour into dish. Bring water to boil. Cover bamboo steamer (or pot). Steam fish until just opaque in center at bone, about 18 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine sesame oil and vegetable oil in heavy medium skilled.

Add chopped ginger and chopped garlic, then 2 tablespoons each of chopped cilantro, shallots, lemongrass and green onions. Stir over medium heat until oil is hot and seasonings are fragrant, about 3 minutes. Pour seasoned oil into small bowl; add remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce.

Using oven mitts as aid, transfer dish with fish to work surface. Using large spatula, transfer fish to platter. Spoon juices from dish over fish.

Spoon some of seasoned oil over fish. Serve fish with rice; pass remaining seasoned oil.

*Lemongrass is available at Southeast Asian markets and in the produce section of some supermarkets.

Printed in Bon Appetit April 1998 Typed and Busted by Carriej999@... 4/98 Recipe by: Szeto Tze-Bun, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Carriej999 <Carriej999@...> on Apr 10, 1998

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