Description
Fried Snapper in Tamarind Sauce is a simple fried fish cooked until the extremities become crispy then served with a tamarind sauce.
Ingredients
Fried Fish
- 1 big whole snapper, gutted scaled and scored
- 1/2 cup flour
- freshly ground black pepper
- salt
- coriander, to garnish
- red chillies, thinly sliced
- vegetable oil, for deep frying
Tamarind Sauce
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup tamarind pulp
- 1/3 cup palm sugar or raw sugar
- 3 coriander roots, cleaned and roughly chopped
- 1 thumb sized ginger, thinly sliced
- 2 red chillies, finely chopped
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- fish sauce
- oil
Instructions
- Season fish with salt and freshly ground black pepper then sprinkle flour all over to coat fish.
- Prepare a wok with oil for deep frying, heat up oil and once it hits 180C deep fry fish for 5-6 minutes on each side until fish is cooked and golden brown in colour.
- Remove from wok, drain in paper towels then set it aside in a warm location.
- Using a large mortar and pestle pound the coriander, garlic and chilli together, set it aside.
- Soak tamarind pulp in 1 cup boiling water and once it turns soft remove the seeds if there are any. Set this aside.
- Drain the wok leaving enough oil to for sautéing. Add the spice paste together with the shallots and ginger, sauté until very fragrant.
- Pour the tamarind juice together with the sugar and fish sauce, simmer in very high heat for two minutes or until the sauce is reduced and is thick.
- Pour sauce on fried fish then garnish it with sliced chillies and coriander then serve.
It looks delicious with all those amazing spices…
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I am on board the fried-snapper bandwagonnn!
Looks amazing! love the tamarind sauce.
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Always love a whole fish presented at the table. So nice! And so good — the flavor of the bones really adds something. This looks great — thanks!
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This is stunningly gorgeous. I’m sure it tastes awesome. I so love Thai cuisine!!!
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How much fish sauce?
I dont usually suggest amount for fish sauce or salt as this depends on preference but as a guide I usually use 1 tbsp on this recipe
Ok. Thanks for that. By the way, the recipe was delicious
Thanks for trying it out
Tried this with haddock fillets and store-bought tamarind sauce (subbed for the water, tamarind pulp, and sugar). Everything else made according to instructions and it was excellent! Hubs was impressed by the sauce. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
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Thanks for giving this a go! glad you liked it