Description
This Coconut Milk Poached Fish recipe combines the delicate flavor of cod with the richness of coconut milk, creating a creamy and aromatic dish that is perfect served over rice with a squeeze of lime.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 cod loins or fillets (around 150g each), or any flaky white fish
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 15g fresh ginger, peeled
- 1 red chilli (optional)
- 2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer layer removed
- vegetable or coconut oil
- 2 x 400g tin good-quality coconut milk (ideally, at least 70% coconut extract)
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 stock cube (vegetable or chicken)
- 1 tsp sugar
To serve:
- 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
- 1 small handful fresh coriander, finely chopped
- drizzle of chilli oil (optional)
- cooked rice and lime wedges
Instructions
- Prepare the Ingredients: Slice the onion, garlic, ginger, and chilli. Bash the lemongrass stalks to release flavor.
- Poach the Fish: In a large pan, sauté the onion, garlic, ginger, chilli, and lemongrass in oil. Add coconut milk, fish sauce, stock cube, and sugar. Simmer gently, then add the fish and poach until cooked through.
- Serve: Garnish with spring onion, coriander, and chilli oil. Serve over rice with lime wedges.
Notes
- You can adjust the spiciness by adding more or less chilli.
- Feel free to substitute the cod with any other flaky white fish.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet with sauce
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg