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Steamed Sea Bass with Lime and Ginger

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings: 2
Author: Amy Stafford

Ingredients

  • 1/2 stick of lemon grass grated, about 3"
  • 1 clove garlic minced (about 1 tablespoon)
  • 1 teaspoon red chili peppers
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 tablespoon low salt soy sauce I use Kikkoman
  • 1 lime zested and juiced
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound Chilian Sea Bass
  • Springs of Parsley for garnish
  • Quinoa I used black

Instructions

  • In a small bowl combine grated lemon grass, garlic, chili seeds, ginger, lime zest and juice, coriander, soy sauce and olive oil.
  • Stir to combine
  • Meanwhile take a sharp knife and cut slits through the skin of your sea bass.
  • Then take 2' heavy duty foil (if you don't have heavy duty use two sheets of thinner) and place fish in center of foil.
  • Drizzle sauce over top of fish and bring ends of foil over top and crimp to make a tent over fish, then tightly crimp end pieces of foil.
  • Your fish should be completely enclosed and your foil should look a bit like a long boat of foil.
  • Place foiled fish in refrigerator for one hour.
  • When ready to cook preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • On middle rack place rimmed cookie sheet.
  • When over is ready place foil packet on cookie sheet.
  • Depending on the thickness of your fish, mine was 3 1/2" thick, I cooked mine for 30 minutes. If your fish is 2" or less in thickness it should take 15 minutes.
  • While fish is cooking cook quinoa.
  • Remove from oven and let rest 2-3 minutes.
  • Be careful when you open packet, steam will be released.
  • Place quinoa on plate and top with portion of the fish and drizzle bit of the liquid from the packet over Sea Bass and garnish with a few springs of Parsley.