so now you got it, and got all the icky bits out.
you've scaled it, chopped the head off, or alternately;
you've just bought any kind of red snapper from the fish shop and told everyone you caught and cleaned it. since we evolved from the days we stuck meat on a stick and poked it in a fire, here's a recipe:
SNAPPER WITH CHOO CHEE SAUCE
for the fish:
oil, rock salt, flour, chili powder, sesame seeds
for the sauce:
1 can coconut cream, 2 Tb red curry paste, 2 Tb palm sugar, bunch shallots, 3 cloves garlic, 1 stick ginger, 1-2 Tb fish sauce, 3 kafir lime leaves, 1 small stick lemongrass
fish:
throw about 2 Tb oil in a pan, add a pinch of salt.
if the fish is dry, wet it with water, beer, egg, whatever you have that's wet.
dust down the fish with a couple pats of flour, a couple of pinches of chili powder and sesame seeds.
when the oil's good and hot, chuck the fish in, couple of minutes on both sides.
try not to under/over cook. (if you cant tell you probably shouldn't be using hot oil, or even a stove for that matter.)
sauce:
dice the crap out of the ginger and garlic, and slice the shallots real thin. cut the lemongrass in half lenght-wise, so you can pick it out in the end.
throw everything with a bit of oil in a pot but the coco and the fish sauce. stir around for a minute and throw in the coco and fish sauce.
cook on medium heat until reduces by about 1/4.
(note; you can use brown sugar instead of palm, and a big chunk of lemon peel instead of kafir and lemongrass. but if your gonna do it why puss out half way?)
pour a bit of the sauce on a plate, put the fish on top, pour the rest of sauce on top of that.
eat it with your hand if you want i'm not your friggen mom.
