LIME ROYAL SEA BREAM

Ingredients

• 2 persons

• 1 royal sea bream 600/800 gr

• 4 sprigs lemongrass

• 2 red onions

• 10 cherry tomatoes

• 1 bunch coriander/ cilantro

• 1 bunch of basil

• 2 limes

• 4 tablespoons olive oil

• 2 tablespoons fish sauce

• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

• Coarse salt or Guérande salt

• Timut pepper

Instructions

• Slice the lemongrass into large pieces. • Peel and finely chop the red onions. • Rinse the cherry tomatoes and cut them into quarters. De-stem the coriander (cilantro) and basil.
• Cut the limes into quarters. Set aside two pieces.
• In a salad bowl, mix 3/4 of the lemongrass with the onions, tomatoes, half the coriander and half the basil. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the salt and pepper.
• Stuff the fish with this mixture.
• Place the sea bream on the grill or in the carbon steel frying pan along with the olive oil.
• Score the skin and put the rest of the lemongrass in the slits. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with oil, fish sauce and soy sauce.
• Cook between 12-15 minutes. Flip halfway through.
• After cooking, sprinkle the sea bream with the remaining coriander (cilantro) and basil.
• At the last second, add the lemon juice from the two pieces set aside.

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