Baked Fish With Spicy Soy Sauce

Ingredients:

800 gm whole snapper
2 tsp peanut oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
pinch of salt
lemon slice

Sauce:

2 tsp peanut oil
2 cloves garlic - crushed
2 tsp grated root ginger
1 small red chili - deseeded and sliced
4 green shallot - sliced
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1/2 cup water

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees C.

Make two diagonal cuts on each side of the fish.  Brush fish with oil and lemon juice.  Season with salt and place slices of lemon on the fish.  Wrap fish up in baking paper and aluminium foil and place on a baking tray.  Bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until cooked.

Heat oil in a small saucepan.  Add garlic, ginger, chili and shallots and cook for 1 - 2 minutes.  Add soy sauce, sweet soy sauce and water.  Cook for 2 - 3 minutes.

When the fish is cooked; transfer to a large serving dish and pour sauce over it.


Serves 4

Source: Indonesian Food