Thai-style steamed fish

Thai-style steamed fish

Serve with Thai jasmine rice for a flavour-packed low-fat meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. Nestle the fish fillets side by side on a large square of foil and scatter the ginger, garlic, chilli and lime zest over them. Drizzle the lime juice on top and then scatter the pieces of pak choi around and on top of the fish. Pour the soy sauce over the pak choi and loosely seal the foil to make a package, making sure you leave space at the top for the steam to circulate as the fish cooks.
  2. Steam for 15 minutes. (If you haven't got a steamer, put the parcel on a heatproof plate over a pan of gently simmering water, cover with a lid and steam.)
Try

Perk up your rice

Try serving with Thai jasmine rice, and if you've got some sesame seeds, toast a handful and toss them into the rice just before serving.

Per serving

199 kcalories, protein 29.0g, carbohydrate 4.0g, fat 7.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 0.0g, salt 3.25 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2002.

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  • 21 May 2009

    debrajayne commented on this recipe

    Very tasty recipe. Had not cooked with trout before and found the delicate flavour to work beautifully with the other ingredients.

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  • 01 June 2009

    suzimoog rated this recipe

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  • 07 June 2009

    Becky from Welling commented on this recipe

    This was the first BBC recipie I tried and it was really simple and surprisingly tasty. I recommend this to anybody who is new to oriental cooking as it's fool proof!

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  • 10 June 2009

    nhoneymonster rated this recipe

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  • 03 July 2009

    eleenia rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I also made this with salmon instead of trout - was my first time steaming fish and I enjoyed the salmon but not the pak choi as it tasted too limey for me! I would cook the pak choi separately next time.

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  • 07 July 2009

    janee rated this recipe

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  • 07 July 2009

    Julia commented on this recipe

    Absolutely yummy, I had to use whole trout because it's all I could get hold of so I wrapped it up and put it in the oven (3 whole trout were too much for my steamer) and it came out fine, it's really made me want to cook more fish, highly recommend this dish.

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  • 09 July 2009

    Squeakyclean rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    DE-LICIOUS!!! I halved everything as there was only me and it worked great. What's brilliant about this is that in the time it takes the fish to steam you can cook some rice and broccoli and you have a fab meal on your plate in no time at all. Next time I will mix the soy sauce and the lime juice/zest together first and then pour it over the fish. Wonderful, easy meal which is def going to become a regular in my house.

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  • 10 July 2009

    Anna969 commented on this recipe

    As a complete cookery novis - (beans on toast sort of standard gal) i found this pretty simple to follow actually. I used 2 Sea Bass fillets & added ricenoodles and bean sprouts with added corriander instead of the jasmin rice, which worked really v nicely - espesh if you are on a diet. Instead of pac choi i used asparagus like the lady above suggested. Overall i found this to be nice and filling and q spicy also very zesty but v good.

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  • 18 July 2009

    eimss rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    really really good. simple, healthy and tasty.

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  • 28 July 2009

    Carol Wilson rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick and easy to prepare and very tasty. What more could yoou want?! It has become a firm favourite with us. Sounds as if it's good with salmon as well so will try that next time.

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  • 14 August 2009

    LAURA MARIE DOSA commented on this recipe

    This is a lovely recipe. I used rainbow trout with herb and lime rice which makes a nice alternative. Will make again and again.

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  • 19 August 2009

    CookingKiwi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    easy, tasty, quick, healthy ... big thumbs up

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  • 22 August 2009

    Aimee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really Really good dish. The flavours were amazing and it was so simple to make. I'm a cooking beginner and this has given me a lot of confidence!

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  • 27 August 2009

    Khush rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I don't eat fish but made this for my boyfriend and he loved it!

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  • 24 September 2009

    Scott & Katie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Extremely easy to make and unbelievably tasty. I really didn't think such a simple list of ingredients would have come out that nice.

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  • 25 September 2009

    KatyH commented on this recipe

    ok, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but can anyone tell me how to cook Jasmine rice?

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  • 20 October 2009

    lucysmum rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely flavour.I used sea bass fillets.I cooked them in the varoma using my Thermomix,with mixed veggies above in the varoma tray.Cook varoma,speed 3,20 minutes.Will make again.

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  • 27 October 2009

    thynk2much rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is one of our favourite quick light dinners - I usually make it with salmon though (which is bliss) and following suggestions here I (a) double the garlic (b) add asparagus (c) use cabbage if I can't find pak choy (d) use a dash more soy sauce (e) definitely always add spring onions, about 75% in the packet and the remainder as a garnish at serving. Absolutely love this.

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  • 11 November 2009

    littleegg rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    One of my very favorites...even better with salmon rather than trout!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 2 trout fillets, each weighing about 140g/5oz
  • a small knob of fresh root ginger , peeled and chopped
  • 1 small garlic clove , chopped
  • 1 small red chilli (not bird's eye), seeded and finely chopped
  • grated zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 3 baby pak choi , each quartered lengthways
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
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Per serving

199 kcalories, protein 29.0g, carbohydrate 4.0g, fat 7.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 0.0g, salt 3.25 g

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