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Steamed sea bass wrapped in banana leaves with green mango salad (Luke Nguyen)
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Ingredients
Marinade
- 2 cm piece fresh galangal, peeled
- 2 cm piece fresh turmeric, peeled
- 1 stalk fresh lemongrass, white part only, cut into slices
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ tsp red curry powder (see Tips)
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
Nuoc cham dressing
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 fresh bird's eye chilli, trimmed and deseeded if preferred
- 60 g fish sauce
- 60 g white vinegar
- 125 g unsweetened coconut water
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 2 tbsp lime juice
Green mango salad
- 50 g green mango, peeled and cut into julienne (5 mm)
- ½ pomelo, peeled and segmented (see Tips)
- 5 fresh perilla leaves, cut into slices (see Tips)
- 5 fresh Vietnamese mint leaves, cut into slices (see Tips)
Steamed fish
- 2 skinless sea bass fillets or other firm white fish fillets (approx. 100 g each)
- salt, to season
- 2 banana leaves (40 cm long), softened, see Tips
- 500 g boiling water
- 5 dried goji berries, rehydrated, for garnishing
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1499.2 kJ / 357 kcal
- Protein
- 25.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 34.1 g
- Fat
- 11.6 g
- Saturated fat
- 1.6 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 3827.7 mg
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