Spicy Steamed Fish with Lemon Grass

Posted on April 4, 2009
Filed Under Do It Yourself, Food | 4 Comments

Weekend is here and again, it’s cooking time. Today, we had spicy steamed fish with lemon grass. I got this recipe from my friend, GC. After checking out the recipe, I thought of giving it a try today. Read on for the ingredient and method of preparation.

What you need?

  • a slice of fish fillet
  • 2-3 stalks of lemon grass
  • coriander leaves
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic
  • 3 fresh red or green chillies
  • 3-4 tablespoons of fish sauce (ulam sauce)
  • 4 tablespoons of calamansi lime juice
  • 2 pinches of sugar
  • 5 tablespoons of water

Method of preparation:

To prepare the sauce, have the garlic and chillies finely chopped. For the chillies, if you don’t like it to be too spicy, you can use a mix between red and green chillies. If you want it to be extra hot, you can replace the chillies with bird’s eye chili pepper.

Once you have the garlic and chillies chopped, add the fish sauce to the garlic/chillies in a small bowl. After that, add in the calamansi lime juice and water then stir. Later, add in 2 pinches of sugar to the mixture and stir till the mixture is evenly mixed.

For the lemon grass, have them peeled off from the stalks. After that, cut the ‘leaves’ of the lemon grass into 2. Later, have the lemon grass roughly crushed.

Next, have the fish fillet cleaned and place the fish fillet over a bed of lemon grass on a steaming tray. Pour the sauce evenly on top of the fish.

Steam the fish over boiling water for about 15-20 minutes till it’s cooked. After that, garnish the dish with coriander leaves and it’s ready to serve. Here is a snapshot of dish when it’s ready.

That’s all folks. Give it a try, I think you’ll like it too. Just like we did ;)

Have you tried cooking a new dish lately ???

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Comments

4 Responses to “Spicy Steamed Fish with Lemon Grass”

  1. dragoncity on April 4th, 2009 10:06 pm

    Yummy, I haven’t take my dinner yet, mind to spare some for me? haha..

    blurryleo: hahaha …thanks for dropping by ;)

  2. Lisalicious on April 5th, 2009 8:31 am

    wow lovely

    you’re into cooking as well?

    blurryleo: hey lisa, yes i cook. well, mostly during weekends when i have more time.

  3. cleffairy on April 5th, 2009 8:48 pm

    OMG, you cook. LOL… must raid your house lah, on weekend.

    Anyway, back to your recipe. I was wondering what kind of fish can be used for this dish? Can pomfret or grouper be used for this recipe too? Or the taste will run?

    i wanna give it a try, but most probably I’ll fry the fish first. :-P Yummy!

    blurryleo: clef, i think any fish will do so as long as it’s fresh. the most important thing for the dish is the sauce. make sure it’s to your taste. i used grouper in the dish. tasted great. let me know the taste if you were to fry it first.

  4. kimberlymay on April 5th, 2009 8:55 pm

    *drools*

    blurryleo: hi kimberly, thanks for dropping by :)

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