Sea bass with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions

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1. Video tutorial: Filleting a round fish

1. Season the fish with salt and pepper, then slash the skin 3 times. Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add 1 tbsp oil. Once hot, fry the fish, skin-side down, for 5 mins or until the skin is very crisp and golden. The fish will be almost cooked through. Turn over, cook for another 30 secs-1 min, then transfer to a serving plate and keep warm. You'll need to fry the fish in 2 batches.
2. Heat the remaining oil, then fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for about 2 mins until golden. Take off the heat and toss in the spring onions. Splash the fish with a little soy sauce and spoon over the contents of the pan.

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Per serving

202 kcalories, protein 28g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, salt 0.26 g

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• Adampadum

  15 April 2009

  Adampadum rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely beautiful, it was a new taste experience. Made my mouth water so much that I wanted more. I added a few extra chillies for a bit more heat, but I would highly recommend using the ginger rice form the grilled chili and coriander salmon recipe. Definitely worth venturing into the kitchen to make this very simple meal

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• Janetsteps

  24 April 2009

  Janetsteps commented on this recipe

  What would you recommend serving this with?

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• Aku

  06 May 2009

  Aku rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Simple but effective. I kept the cost down by using pollack instead of sea bass and it turned out really well; the friend I cooked it for thought it was heavenly! Had it with broccoli and oyster mushrooms stir-fried in toasted sesame oil with garlic and chilli (with a dash of Thai fish sauce if you like) and it went down really well.

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• AuntieBoo

  08 May 2009

  AuntieBoo commented on this recipe

  I "chicken"d out of trying this receipe with fish but used Chicken instead bashed out with a rolling pin and then fried. Nice mix of flavours and would definelty try it again, maybe I'll be more adventurous and try it with fish next time!

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• Joey

  14 May 2009

  Joey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  this was very tasty and easy to do, def add more spring onions :)

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• Dianne383

  04 June 2009

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• Geraldine

  09 June 2009

  Geraldine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I cooked this for me and my husband, it was tops! Also it would make a very good dinnner party dish....

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• Geraldine

  09 June 2009

  Geraldine commented on this recipe

  This was tops! excellent!

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• sarah

  12 June 2009

  sarah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Simple, quick and tasty. Served with mixed bean and chick pea salad. Good for a quick meal but not a 5*.

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• Mike

  27 June 2009

  Mike rated and commented on this recipe

  

  worked okay i guess...quite overpowering with the salt AND the soya sauce, think i'd drop the salt in future.

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• hgreatrex

  09 July 2009

  hgreatrex commented on this recipe

  Fantastic - and quick to put together :-) Good for a special mid week dinner

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• Dean

  26 July 2009

  Dean commented on this recipe

  Great recipe, but...WHY do people insist on calling it "Sea Bass" there aint no such thing. Its a "Bass" you wouldn't say "Sea Cod" would you??

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• Dom321

  26 July 2009

  Dom321 commented on this recipe

  Great recipe, I am a huge fan of fish, but had never cooked sea bass before. I think the success of this one is not letting the flavours of the Ginger, Garlic and Spring onion overpower the fish. I added the spicy part of the dish quite sparingly and it worked really well. I presented it with saute potato and served it with a plain salad. I enjoyed every mouthful!

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• JaneS

  27 July 2009

  JaneS rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was fantastic. I am always striving for quick and tasty meals. I added some rice noodles just as I put in the spring onions along with the other ingrediants and then served the noodle mixture and placed the fish on top with a few bits of chilli and spring onion to decorate. My husband who is not a fish lover said it was amazing and was almost like 'masterchef'. We will definitely be having this again. Can't recommend it highly enough

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• eleenia

  27 July 2009

  eleenia commented on this recipe

  Was very tasty. Would do again but I used too much chilli this time so would hold back a little next time. If anyone has suggestions for giving it a milder chilli flavour I would be grateful. I'm a wimp, clearly.

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• Kay

  27 July 2009

  Kay rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have now converted my husband onto fish with this recipe, previously he hasn't eaten it for 30 years! I found the chilli drowned the taste of the fish and would use less next time. The fish was cooked beautifully.

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• Leora Sevi

  17 August 2009

  Leora Sevi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  They're simple ingredients but they go together very well! I was short on ingredients when i made this but I used frozen garlic and ginger which worked just as well :)

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• MrsI2b

  24 August 2009

  MrsI2b rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've made this several times for me and my husband. He's a bit funny about fish (!) so the fact that he loved is was a God send. I've served it with stirfried veggies and rice or noodles.

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• pault61

  24 September 2009

  pault61 commented on this recipe

  I have cooked this dish many times now and each time the diners have loved it.

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• Jay

  02 October 2009

  Jay commented on this recipe

  Excellent dish, would use more ginger next time, served with a lovely ratatouille went down a treat

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Ingredients

• 6 x sea bass fillets, about 140g/5oz each, skin on and scaled
• about 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• large knob of ginger , peeled and shredded into matchsticks
• 3 garlic cloves , thinly sliced
• 3 fat, fresh red chillies deseeded and thinly shredded
• bunch spring onion , shredded long-ways
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

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Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 10 mins

Super healthy

Source of omega 3 and vitamin C

Ingredients

• 6 x sea bass fillets, about 140g/5oz each, skin on and scaled
• about 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• large knob of ginger , peeled and shredded into matchsticks
• 3 garlic cloves , thinly sliced
• 3 fat, fresh red chillies deseeded and thinly shredded
• bunch spring onion , shredded long-ways
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Per serving

202 kcalories, protein 28g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, salt 0.26 g

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