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Luke Nguyen

Whole Barramundi Char-grilled in Lotus Leaf - ca nuong la sen


Ingredients

  • 1 x 600 g whole barramundi, cleaned
  • 2 dried lotus leaves, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes & drained
  • 2 spring onions, sliced on a diagonal & soaked in cold water
  • 4 tablespoons phu quoc seafood sauce (recipe below)
  • 1 lime, thinly sliced

Phu Quoc Seafood Sauce

  • 4 red asian shallots, minced
  • 2 spring onions, white part only, finely sliced
  • 1 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 cm ginger, minced
  • ½ stem lemongrass, white part only, minced
  • 2 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 birds eye chilli, minced
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon chopped dill
  • Juice of half a lime

Method

  1. Marinate fish with 2 tablespoons of Phu Quoc Seafood Sauce for 10 minutes.
  2. Place sliced lime on each side of the fish then wrap the fish in the lotus leaf sealing both ends with tooth picks.
  3. Char-grill each side for 15 minutes, transfer to a platter then open the leaf by cutting through the middle of one side. (Should look like an opened parcel)
  4. Garnish with spring onions, dress with remaining Phu Quoc Seafood Sauce and serve with jasmine rice.

Phu Quoc Seafood Sauce

  1. Place olive oil in a saucepan and bring to medium heat. Add garlic, lemongrass, ginger, spring onions & red shallots, fry until fragrant. Now reduce the heat to low then add fish sauce, sugar, chilli and turmeric and stir for 1 minute. Lastly add lime juice and dill. Turn off heat.
  2. Use to marinate and add to grilled seafood dishes.
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