Thailand

Pla Rad Prik

Name: Pla Rad Prik
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 1 (600 g) Whole fish (e.g. sea bass); to taste Dried & fresh chilli; 3 tbsp Tamarind paste; 2 tbsp each Palm sugar & fish sauce; some of each Garlic & shallots; some Flour (for frying); for frying Vegetable oil

Crispy Thai fish with chilli-tamarind sauce

Pla rad prik is a whole, crisp-fried fish doused with a sweet-sour-spicy chilli-tamarind sauce.

The contrast of crisp skin and intense sauce makes the dish a feast on any Thai table.

Servings2

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Whole fish (e.g. sea bass)1 (600 g)
Dried & fresh chillito taste
Tamarind paste3 tbsp
Palm sugar & fish sauce2 tbsp each
Garlic & shallotssome of each
Flour (for frying)some
Vegetable oilfor frying

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Score the fish, dust lightly with flour and fry crisp.
Fry garlic, shallots and chilli.
Reduce with tamarind, palm sugar and fish sauce into a sauce.
Arrange the fish on a plate.
Douse with the hot chilli-tamarind sauce, serve.

Make it original

Tamarind and fish sauce for pla rad prik are in the Asia Boutique.

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