Sea bass with Sizzled Ginger, Chilli, and Spring Onions

Prep time:

15 minutes

Cook time:

10 minutes

Serves:

6

Ingredients

• 6 × sea bass fillets (~140g each, skin on and scaled)
• ~3tbsp sunflower oil
• large knob of ginger, peeled and shredded into matchsticks
• 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 3 fat, fresh, red chillis deseeded and thinly shredded
• bunch spring onions, shredded long-ways
• 1tbsp soy sauce

Method

1. Season sea bass fillets with salt and pepper, then slash the skin three times.
2. Heat a heavy-based frying pan and addd 1tbsp sunflower oil.
3. Once hot, fry the sea bass fillets skin-sidedown for 5mins or until the skin is very crisp and golden. The fish will be almost cooked through.
4. Turn over, cook for another 30secs - 1min, then transfer to a serving plate and keep warm. You'll need to fry the sea bass fillets in two batches.
5. Heat 2tbsp sunflower oil, then fry ginger, garlic, and chillis for about 2min until golden.
6. Take off the heat and toss in the bunch of spring onions. Splash the fish with the soy sauce and spoon over the contents of the pan.