Vietnamese Style Fried Fish Recipe

Vietnamese Style Fried Fish Recipe

600 g catfish fillet or any fatty fresh water fish such as tilapia

½ teaspoon shrimp paste or fish sauce

1 teaspoon "me" (fermented rice water) or natural yogurt

20 g fresh turmeric

20 g fresh lemon grass

Sauce:

3 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon lime juice

Pepper to taste

2 teaspoon sugar

½ teaspoon chopped garlic

½ teaspoon chopped dill

Chopped chili to taste

Condiments:

Rice paper

Lettuce thyme

Bean sprouts

Grounded peanuts

Green bananas

Green star fruit

Chervil leaves

Scallions

Method:

Cut fish into thick fillets.  Combine and blend the shrimp paste, "me", turmeric, lemon grass, salt and pepper in a food processor.  Marinate fillets with mixture for an hour or two.  Lightly brush some oil on fish and pan-fry until brown.  Mix sauce ingredients together to serve with fish.  Accompany fish with condiments.  The fillets can be eaten along with condiments rolled in rice paper.