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Jeanh
Guest
INGREDIENTS:
- Whole tilapia, cut a small incision in the belly (ask your fish butcher to do this for you)
- Onions, cut thinly or chopped
- Tomatoes, cut in small bits
- Ginger, cut in thin strips
- Long green beans (sitaw), cut in 3-4 inch length
- Cos lettuce, washed
- Coconut milk
- Fish sauce
- Parsley
- Long green chili, top cut
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Mix the onions, tomatoes, ginger, parsley in a deep bowl.
- Insert the spices or fillers inside the tilapia fish.
- Place the long green beans and green chili and remaining spices and herbs in a pan.
- Wrap the tilapia with cos lettuce and place them one by one on top of the beans.
- Pour the coconut milk.
- Season with fish sauce and ground peppers.
- Place the pan on stove.
- Cover under medium to high heat.
- Check the dish after 20 minutes.
- When the fish cooks, open the lid to allow the dish to dry a bit. Lower the heat to medium.
- Taste the sauce. Add fish sauce or salt, according to your preference.
- Serve with hot rice.
