Thai-inspired sea bass in coconut milk sauce

Succulent fish, bathed in a coconut milk sauce and smothered with a fresh tropical fruit salsa. Soooo good! I know, more mango and coconut, two of my favorite ingredients. This tasty dish was inspired by a Bon Appetit recipe published in July 2010. I have changed the recipe significantly, using sea bass instead of mahimahi, modifying the sauce recipe using many of the suggestions Epicurious readers submitted, and finally I top the fish off with a generous portion of tropical fruit salsa. I have written the salsa as a separate recipe, because there are lots of other great uses for tropical fruit salsa.

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Don't let the long list of ingredients scare you

There is a long list of ingredients, but making the dish involves a few manageable steps.

Making the sauce

The sauce is not hard, it just requires a long list of ingredients. You throw them all in a pot, bring it to a boil and then let it reduce for about 20 minutes.

Searing and baking the fish

You briefly sear the fish on the stove and then finish it in the oven.

Chopping the fruit salsa

While the fish is baking and the sauce is reducing you chop the ingredients for the tropical fruit salsa. You can save time by chopping the ginger for the sauce and the salsa at the same time in a food processor or Cuisinart mini-prep. You use roughly the same amount of chopped ginger in both.

Tips

See posts on how to prepare fresh ginger, and Sriracha hot chili sauce, Asian fish sauce and red curry paste before starting this recipe.

Chilean sea bass with tropical fruit salsa

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Succulent fish, bathed in a coconut sauce and smothered with a fresh tropical fruit salsa. Soooo good!

• Author: Something New For Dinner
• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: 2 -3 servings 1x

Ingredients

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• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 inch piece of ginger, peeled
• 1 13.7 ounce can coconut milk (not lite)
• 1/4 cup water
• Juice from 1 lime
• 1 t Thai red curry paste
• 1 t Asian fish sauce
• 1 4″ piece of lemongrass, lightly smashed
• Sriracha sauce to taste
• Small handful of cilantro, washed and chopped (About 2 T spoons)
• 2 green onions, sliced including white and green parts
• T canola oil
• 1 pound sea bass, washed, dried and cut into three serving pieces
• 1 1/2 cups tropical fruit salsa (See Tropical fruit salsa recipe)

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Instructions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Whirl the garlic and ginger in a food processor or Cuisinart Mini-prep. Put garlic, ginger and next 7 ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook until sauce is thick, about 20 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Stir in the cilantro and green onions.
2. While sauce is reducing, sear both sides of fish in an oven-proof pan on high heat. Remove fish from stove and finish in oven. About 10 minutes, depending on thickness of fillet.
3. Plate fish. Spoon coconut sauce over fish and top with Tropical fruit salsa (See Tropical fruit salsa recipe).