Curried Sea Bass Recipes

SEA BASS CURRY

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients for the rempah (curry paste) in a food processor and blend until everything is very finely chopped. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Add the rempah and cook over a low heat until a layer of red oil separates out on top. Add the torch ginger or ginger and Vietnamese mint leaves and stir, then add the fish carcass and cook for 5-8 mins.
• Add the tamarind, sugar, 1 tbsp salt and 300 ml water and cook for 5 mins. Turn off the heat, take out the fish carcass and add the tomatoes.
• Put the sea bass in a baking dish and pour over a little of the sauce. Put the dish in a roasting tin. Pour a little boiling water into the tin, then cover and steam the fish for 10 mins or until just cooked. Lift out the fish and discard the cooking liquid. Serve with the remaining sauce poured over and scattered with some more Vietnamese mint leaves.

THAI-STYLE CRISPY SEA BASS

Steps:

• Trim and halve the spring onions, finely shred lengthways and place in a bowl of ice-cold water to crisp up. Pick in the coriander leaves, reserving the stalks.
• Place a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat.
• With a sharp knife, score the sea bass skin at 2cm intervals, then rub all over with the curry paste, inside and out, getting into all the cracks and crannies.
• Pack the coriander stalks into the cavities, season with sea salt and black pepper, then place in the hot pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• Cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until dark golden and cooked through (depending on the thickness of your fish).
• Drain and shake off the spring onions and coriander and pile on to your plates.
• Sit the sea bass on top, spooning over any spicy oil from the pan. Finely grate over the lime zest, and serve with lime halves, for squeezing over.

SEA BASS WITH COCONUT-CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and curry powder. Sauté mixture until onions are translucent, about 4 minutes. Mix in coconut milk and stock; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-high and boil until liquid is reduced to thin sauce consistency, about 50 minutes. Add carrots; simmer until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat; keep warm.
• Preheat broiler. Place fish on baking sheet; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil fish until just opaque in center, about 8 minutes. Using metal spatula, transfer fish to plates. Spoon sauce over fish. Sprinkle with green onions.

SEA BASS WITH CURRIED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Combine the walnuts, ginger, coriander, yogurt, curry powder, lime juice and salt and pepper.
• Place the fish in a glass or ceramic dish in a single layer, spread the yogurt mixture over them, cover and refrigerate for two hours.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees and place oven rack in the highest position.
• Brush a baking dish with the oil. Place the fish with its seasoned yogurt coating in the baking dish, then place in the oven and bake for 10 or 15 minutes, until the fish is cooked through. Serve garnished with coriander and lime wedges.

PAN SEARED SEA BASS WITH CURRY AND BLISTERED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place skillet over med-high heat.
• Pat the sea bass dry, sprinkle one side with half the sea salt and curry powder. Once skillet is hot, pour in the oil and add the fish seasoned side down in hot pan to sear. Sprinkle remaining salt and curry over the top.
• Once the sea bass is seared (it will easily release from skillet), flip and add the tomatoes drop and a pat of butter. Thick Fish: Turn off burner, cover and place skillet in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Thin Fillets: simply cook through right on the burner.
• Place the cooked fish on plate or over your starch of choice and pour the tomatoes and butter sauce over the top to serve.

CURRIED SEA BASS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F. Butter a 3-quart shallow baking dish.
• Cook shallot in butter in a small heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle with flour and curry powder and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add cream and bring to a boil, whisking constantly, then remove from heat and whisk in 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Fold each piece of fish in half, skinned side in, and arrange pieces in 1 layer in baking dish. Sprinkle fish with pepper and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Pour sauce over fish and bake until fish is just cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes.