Oriental Gemfish

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Eve Hansen
Prep:20 minutes Cook:20 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

• 750 grams gemfish fillets, cut into 2cm pieces
• 125 grams green beans, sliced
• 125 grams button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup peanuts, crushed
• 2 chillies, deseeded and chopped
• 1 capsicum, cut into fine strips
• 1 tablespoon lemon grass
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled
• ½ cup sake (or white wine)
• 2 teaspoons ground pepper
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 4 spring onions, sliced
• Sesame oil for frying

Directions:

• In a bowl:
• Mix fish sauce, sugar, flour and a little sake to create a sauce.
• In another bowl:
• Combine peanuts, chillies, spring onion and strips of capsicum.
• Set aside.
• Pound or blend lemon grass, garlic, salt and pepper to form a paste.
• In a frying pan heat some sesame oil.
• Brown the fish paste over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
• Turn up the heat, adding beans, mushroom and the fish.
• Stir gently for a further 2-3 minutes ensuring fish is well coated.
• Add the fish sauce and stir in until the liquid thickens.
• Serve on a bed of rice topped with peanut mixture.