Baked Chilli Fish Recipes

BAKED CHILLI FISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Put chilli, garlic, coriander leaves, ground coriander, cumin, sea salt, olive oil and vinegar in a food processor and process until smooth. Spoon into a bowl.
• Put bread on an oven tray, sprinkle each side with extra olive oil, top with garlic slices and bake for 5 - 6 minutes or until golden.
• Put fish on the prepared bread, put a spoonful of the chilli mixture on each fillet and bake for 7 - 8 minutes or until fish is cooked through.

GINGER AND CHILLI BAKED FISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to a hot 220 degree C.
• Make 4 deep slits diagonally across both sides of the fish.
• Place a large sheet of foil, with sides overlapping, in a large shallow baking dish.
• The dish needs to be large enough to hold the fish.
• Spray the foil with cooking oil spray and place the fish on the foil.
• Fill the cavity of the fish with layers of lime slices and ginger slices.
• Combine the oil, fish sauce, grated ginger and garlic in a small bowl.
• Rub mixture into the cuts in the fish and all over the surface.
• Bring foil around fish so it will contain the cooking juices but do not cover the top of the fish.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until almost cooked through.
• While fish is baking, combine the palm sugar, chilli, extra fish sauce and lime juice in a small bowl.
• Spoon this mixture over the fish and bake for another 5 minutes or until fish is just cooked through.
• You can use 2 800gram fish if you prefer, but cut the cooking time to 15 minutes.
• The fish can be rubbed with the ginger mixture up to 6 hours ahead, but only bake just before serving.

GINGER, SOY AND GARLIC BAKED FISH WITH CHILLI BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celcius.
• Mix the mushrooms with the soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic and half the ginger.
• Place in large baking dish and bake for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rub the remaining ginger into the fish fillets and season with salt and pepper.
• Place on top of the mushrooms and return to the oven for 10-15 minutes (this will depend on the thickness of the fillets. They are done when they flake easily with a fork.).
• While the fish is cooking, stir fry the broccoli, bok choy, chilli flakes, sesame oil and soy sauce.
• Serve the fish with the mushrooms and the delicious juice poured over the top and the broccoli stir fry to the side.

THAI BAKED FISH IN GARLIC & CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Stir all marinade/sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Place fish on a cutting board and score it by making vertical cuts an inch or more apart along the length of fish from head to tail. Turn fish over and do the same on the other side.
• Place fish on a large piece of tin foil or banana leaf. Make sure the foil or leaf is big enough to cover/wrap the fish.
• Drizzle 3 tablespoons (or more) of the marinade/sauce over each fish, covering both sides. Be sure to spoon some into the cuts you've made, as well as into the cavity. Reserve the rest for later.
• Stuff the cavity of the fish with lemon slices and some of the basil and cilantro. (approx. 1/4 to 1/2 cup).
• Bring the long sides of the foil up and over the fish, scrunching it together. Try to keep the foil off the surface of the fish, making a kind of shallow tent over it. Also fold up each end and scrunch to secure. If using banana leaf: Simply fold the sides and ends of the leaf over fish to cover it. With banana leaf, you actually want the leaf to come into contact with the fish, as this adds to the flavor.
• Bake the wrapped fish on a baking sheet or tray and place in the oven. (Fish wrapped in banana leaf will require a dish or tray, as banana leaf is permeable.).
• Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or longer, depending on the size and thickness of your fish.
• Remove fish from oven and check some of the deeper cuts to see if inner flesh is cooked. If fish still needs more time, return to your oven for up to another 8-10 minutes, or until cooked.
• To finish the fish, remove from oven and open up the foil, scrunching it around the fish to create a kind of bowl. For banana leaf, simply open up the leaf.
• Pour remaining marinade over fish and return to the oven. Turn oven on "Broil" setting, and broil for approximately 5 minutes, or until the fish is nicely browned and crisp-looking. Banana leaves will become quite brown and fragrant. (keep an eye on it it during the broil to keep it from burning).
• Remove from the oven and serve the fish with fresh coriander and basil. Add lemon wedges or slices. (or put fresh lemon slices on top & slices on the side).