Steamed fish with nam jim
Thai 20 Mins Prep · 15 Mins Cook
- Peel 6 garlic cloves and halve and deseed 6 chillies. Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic and chillies into a rough paste. Add the palm sugar, fish sauce and squeeze in the juice of 2 limes. Stir until well combined. Finely chop a small handful of fresh coriander and stir into the sauce. Set aside.
- To make the garnish, thinly slice 2 spring onions lengthways and place in a bowl of iced water. Store in the fridge until needed.
- Slice the galangal and smash the lemongrass. Stuff the fish cavity with the galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves. Chop 2 garlic, 2 chillies, half a bunch of coriander and 2 spring onions and mix together. Spread half the mixture over the top of the fish.
- Set up a large wok or steaming pan with a steamer stand and fill it with boiling water, approx. one-third up the sides. Place the fish on a heatproof plate and place it in the steamer. Cover and steam for 7-12 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the fish reads 63°C. Once cooked, remove the fish from the steamer. Sprinkle the remaining coriander mixture on top. Heat the sesame and sunflower oils in a pan until smoking hot. Carefully pour over the fish to sizzle.
- Spoon the nam jim sauce over the fish and scatter over the curly spring onions. Serve the fish with extra limes, steamed vegetables and the pan juices on the side.
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