Bursting with flavor this fish dish is my new favorite. I love love love it. It is bold and intense with garlic, ginger, fish sauce and mint. All of these ingredients meld together in and on top of the fish in a little foil packet that you cook for only about 16 minutes. Seriously easy once you have the ingredients in the house. Do not add any salt to the dish as the fish sauce does the trick. And again – please don’t be afraid of fish sauce. But also, maybe don’t smell it from the bottle. Here is some fish sauce brand info. I just learned a lot from the article myself.
I made this recipe with flounder (it fell apart but tasted great!), halibut, cod and haddock. All so so good. Of course the thicker the fish the longer it takes to cook so use 16 minutes only as a guide.
This is delicious with rice although I happen to just like it as it is – I added more tomatoes and carrots because I’m a little veggie crazy. The last time I made this dish I used fresh peas instead of carrots and it was a hit.
This recipe, like the Thai Fish Curry is from my Mediterranean Way cookbook. One day I’ll venture out of the Asian and into one of the Mediterranean dishes. Maybe.
This recipe calls for 6 pieces of fish but feel free to double or cut in half (as I do).
Trying to think if anything else…but I think that is it! Enjoy –
Serves: 6
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 16-20 minutes
Medium
Ingredients
- 4 ripe tomatoes, diced (and more if you like)
- 4 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil (I use a tad less as I find the flavor very strong – but do as you wish
- 4 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced (I use a little less but if you are a garlic fan go for it all
- 2 tablespoons chopped mint
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper or more to taste (I like more)
- 4 6-ounce firm white fish fillets (haddock, snapper, cod)
- 2 julienned carrots (I used grated carrots)
- another time I used fresh peas
Directions
Preheat oven to 440 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix together the tomatoes, fish sauce, lemon juice, sesame oil, ginger, garlic mint, sugar and pepper.
Take a decent sized piece of tin foil and make a little boat for the fish. Set the open foil packets on a baking pan. You want plenty of extra foil as you need be able to seal the foil at the end. This may take a few tries. Next time I’ll take a photo of mine.
Put a fish fillet into each packet of foil. Top with the julienned or shredded carrots. Follow with the tomatoes and marinade portioning it equally among the fish.
Cook for 16 minutes. Take a peek inside but be carful as the steam inside the packets is hot. Super hot.
If the fish is thick and looks too opaque, cook a few more minutes. If not, slide the fish and all it’s cooking liquid onto a plate and enjoy.
I do hope you like it as much as I do!