Fish recipe, cooking class, Vietnam

Author: Laura Billings Status: published Published: Jan 29,2009 license cc-by-nc tags: banana, recipe, cooking, food, lemon, cuisine, fish, mackerel, stuffed, grass, vietnam, lesson, class, leaf, 0   Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Stuffed, grilled mackerel in banana leaf (or tin foil)

1 big mackerel - cut deep pockets in both sides of the spine

Stuffing:
3 stems lemon grass
3 cloves garlic
inch of fresh ginger
small handful spring onions
small handful deep fried shallots (buy in a packet from chinatown)
pinch pepper
pinch sugar

Lemon sauce:
Juice 1 lemon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp pepper

Crush the lemongrass, garlic and ginger in a pestle and morter. Fry the spring onions in 1 tsp veg oil and 1 tsp butter. Mix with the lemongrass mixture and add the pepper and sugar. Stuff into the mackerel along with a good sprinkle of the deep fried shallots.

Wrap the fish in banana leaves, or tin foil. Cook 10 mins each side over a bbq or under a grill, or bake in the oven 20-30 mins.

Remove skin and bone. Pour lemon sauce over fish and serve with steamed rice and greens.

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