Sea bass with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions

Hi.. friends.. 

The aromas released while cooking this dish will have everyone licking their lips in anticipation 

 Ingredients

 6 x sea bass fillets, about 140g/5oz each, skin on and scaled

about 3 tbsp sunflower oil

large knob of ginger, peeled and shredded into matchsticks

3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

3 fat, fresh red chillies deseeded and thinly shredded

bunch spring onion, shredded long-ways

1 tbsp soy sauce

 Method

 Season the fish with salt and pepper, then slash the skin 3 times. Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add 1 tbsp oil. Once hot, fry the fish, skin-side down, for 5 mins or until the skin is very crisp and golden. The fish will be almost cooked through. Turn over, cook for another 30 secs-1 min, then transfer to a serving plate and keep warm. You’ll need to fry the fish in 2 batches. 

 Heat the remaining oil, then fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for about 2 mins until golden. Take off the heat and toss in the spring onions. Splash the fish with a little soy sauce and spoon over the contents of the pan. 

 Recipe Tip

 Fish has a very special place in the Chinese New Year menu as it symbolises abundance. Normally it would be served with the head and tail on, bringing a good beginning and end to the New Year. Here it is filleted for simplicity, but you can easily adapt the recipe if you like.
BUYING FISH
Ask your fishmonger or supermarket for line-caught fish, for a sustainable choice.