Lemon-Marinated Fish

Lemon-Marinated Fish

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, December 3, 2017.

This curry paste is certainly flavourful but if you like a bit of heat, add another ½ tablespoon.


Ingredients

Lemon-Marinated Fish

  • 300g fish fillets
  • Zest and juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Coconut Broth

  • ½ brown onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 baby bok choy
  • ½ capsicum
  • 2 teaspoons finely grated ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ tablespoon green curry paste
  • ¾ cup coconut milk
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sweet chilli sauce

To Serve

  • 100g vermicelli noodles
  • 1-2 tablespoons coriander leaves and stalks
  • ½ lemon, cut into wedges

Steps

  1. Bring a full kettle to the boil. Pat fish dry and remove any remaining scales or bones. Cut widthways into 5cm pieces and place in a shallow bowl along with all remaining lemonmarinated fish ingredients. Season with pepper, toss to coat and set aside for about 5 minutes to marinate.
  2. While fish is marinating, prepare the veggies. Thinly slice onion; cut carrot into matchsticks (or grate); remove 1cm end from bok choy; thinly slice bok choy and capsicum. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pot (with a lid) on medium-high heat and cook onion for about 3 minutes, until softened.
  3. Add ginger, salt and curry paste and cook a further 1-2 minutes, until fragrant. Stir through coconut milk, water, fish sauce and sweet chilli sauce, reduce heat to medium, bring to a simmer and cook for 3-4 minutes.
  4. Place noodles in a heat-proof bowl, cover with boiling water and use a fork to separate strands. Leave for 5 minutes then drain. Use kitchen scissors to cut in a few places to make them easier to eat. Once broth has simmered, add marinated fish, carrots and capsicum.
  5. Press down lightly to ensure fish is submerged and bring to a simmer on medium-high heat. As soon as broth is simmering, cover pot with a lid and turn off heat (the residual heat will cook fish). Leave for 5 minutes before carefully folding through bok choy. Season to taste with salt.
  6. To serve, divide vermicelli noodles between bowls and spoon over lemon-marinated fish and coconut broth. Garnish with coriander and serve with lemon wedges, for squeezing.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2222 kj
531 kcal
Protein 28.3g
Carbohydrate 43.3g
Fat 27.6g