Steamed Fish in Garlic Lime Sauce

I got the idea of steaming this fish from my daughter.  She tasted this dish recently and gave the thumbs up.  She suggested that I try to replicate this and gave me a rough idea of the ingredients.  I just concocted the sauce with whatever ingredients  I had on hand and came up with this. True to what she said,  this fish was delicious, a wee bit sweet, tangy but just refreshing!  Thanks, dear!

Recipe for Steamed Fish in Garlic Lime Sauce

Ingredients

• 400 gm Siakap fish or Tilapia
• 2 chilli padi/bird eye chillies, chopped
• 1 stalk lemon grass, only the white part, chopped finely
• 12 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1.1/2 Tbsp pomfret fish sauce (nampla)
• 3  Tbsp calamansi juice
• 2  tsp sugar
• Seasalt to rub onto the fish, inside out
• Sesame oil to drizzle
Method

1. Clean and make 2 diagonal cuts on the fish.  Rub in some seasalt, inside out.  Set aside.
2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, fine tune to taste.
3. Place 2 tsp of the sauce on the plate, place the fish on top of it, and put 1.1/2 tsp of sauce inside the fish belly.
4. Pour the rest of the sauce on top of the fish.
5. Steam on rapidly boiling water for 8 to 10 mins. depending on the size of the fish.
6. Test and see if the meat by the bone is white - the fish is done.
7. Drizzle on some sesame oil and garnish with Chinese parsley.
8. Serve immediately.