Best Roast Whole Fish With Chile Mint And Basil Marinade Recipes

GRILLED WHOLE FISH IN CHILE, GARLIC AND MINT SAUCE

Grilled Whole Fish in Chile, Garlic and Mint Sauce image

I'm really liking the fish with mint recipes I've encountered so I was jazzed to see this recipe in The Times-Picayune. I have another nice pink snapper in the fridge (catch of the day) & plenty of mint & fish peppers to work with from the garden. The Times-Picayune attribute this recipe to "Mediterranean Hot and Spicy" by Aglaia Kremezi (Broadway Books, $19.95) - full of flavorful fresh dishes from around the Mediterranean Sea. This recipe is from a restaurant in Jaffa, Israel.

Provided by Busters friend

Categories Southwest Asia (middle East)

Time 1h5m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 -4 fresh green chilies, minced, to taste
1 -2 garlic clove, minced, to taste
3 tablespoons mint, chopped fresh (1 teaspoon dried mint, crumbled)
2 -3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, to taste
4 -5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, fruity, to taste
sea salt, to taste
black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
1 whole head-on fish, about 1 1/2 pounds, suitable for grilling, cleaned, such as sea bream, porgy, gray mullet
1/2 cup tomatoes, ripe fresh, finely diced, peeled and seeded, drained
2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped fresh

Steps:

Mix chiles, garlic, mint, lemon juice and olive oil. Add a little salt; mix thoroughly; then taste and adjust the seasonings. The sauce should be hot. Let stand at room temperature at least 30 minutes, up to 2 hours.
Light a charcoal grill or preheat a broiler. Salt the fish inside and out and place on a well-oiled grill about 5 inches from the heat. Broil or grill, turning once, until firm and almost done, about 15 minutes total. Remove from heat and cover with foil. Let stand 5 minutes.
Mix sauce with the chopped tomato. Serve the fish with the sauce on the side, or cut the fish open, remove the central bone, and transfer the fillets to a heat-proof platter. Pour half the sauce over the fish, sprinkle with some pepper, and place under a very hot broiler for a few seconds before serving, sprinkled with the parsley. Pass the rest of the sauce separately.0.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.8, Fat 27.3, SaturatedFat 3.8, Sodium 11, Carbohydrate 8.7, Fiber 2, Sugar 3.9, Protein 1.8

GRILLED WHOLE FISH WITH LEMONGRASS, CHILES AND COCONUT

Grilled Whole Fish With Lemongrass, Chiles and Coconut image

Spicy, herbal and a little sweet from the coconut milk, these grilled whole fish are perfumed with lemongrass and spiked with tiny, potent Thai chiles. I like dorade here, but you can use any small whole fish (1 pound or so). Have your fishmonger clean them but leave in the bones. They help keep the fish moist on the grill and add great flavor. You can also roast the fish instead of grilling; place them on a rimmed baking sheet and roast at 425 degrees until the fish is cooked through, usually 10 to 15 minutes.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories dinner, quick, main course

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

4 (1-pound) whole dorade, branzino or trout, cleaned
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt, more as needed
Black pepper, as needed
1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil, softened or melted
3 limes
2 small shallots, peeled
1 bunch cilantro, leaves and stems separated (about 2 cups leaves)
2 small stalks lemongrass, halved lengthwise and cut into 3-inch pieces
1 cup mint leaves, more for garnish
1 Thai chile or 1 to 2 serrano chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
2 small garlic cloves, grated on a Microplane or minced
1/4 teaspoon Asian fish sauce, more to taste
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 tablespoon safflower or grapeseed oil

Steps:

Season cavities and outside of fish with salt and pepper. Rub skin all over with coconut oil.
Thinly slice 1 lime and 1 shallot. Cut another lime into wedges and save for garnish. Fill each fish cavity with lime and shallot slices, a handful of cilantro stems (discard the rest) and the lemongrass.
Prepare the sauce: Coarsely chop the remaining shallot and juice the remaining lime. In a mini food processor, combine shallot, 1 tablespoon lime juice, the cilantro leaves, the mint, the chile, the garlic, the fish sauce and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Pulse until herbs are chopped, then add coconut milk and oil. Continue to pulse until a coarse, chunky sauce forms. (Don't overdo it; you want a relish-like texture, not a purée.) Taste and add more salt, fish sauce and/or lime juice if necessary. (Alternatively, chop everything really finely by hand and stir in the coconut milk and lime juice.) Sauce can be prepared up to 4 hours ahead. Refrigerate until needed.
Light or heat the grill to medium-high heat. Place fish in basket and grill until blistered and just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. (Poke the fish along the spine; it should be tender but still juicy.) Serve, garnished with lime wedges and mint leaves, with sauce on the side.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 615, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 13 grams, Fat 24 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 86 grams, SaturatedFat 12 grams, Sodium 495 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams

WHOLE ROAST FISH WITH LEMONGRASS AND GINGER

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A marinade packed with aromatics, like lemongrass, ginger, shallots and scotch bonnet chile, is crushed in a mortar and pestle and spread onto a mild white fish, such as a whole branzino, in this recipe. As with most marinades, the longer you let it steep, the better. Using the mortar and pestle is optional, but a highly rewarding process - and encouraged. If you have an asanka, the grooved surface will give the marinade a unique texture, with bouquets rising from the bowl as you work. Serve the roast fish flaked off the bone, over rice or alongside a fresh green salad.

Provided by Yewande Komolafe

Categories weekday, seafood, main course

Time 35m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds whole fish, scaled and cleaned (about 3 whole branzino)
6 tablespoons neutral oil, such as grapeseed or canola oil
1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt (Diamond Crystal)
1 stalk lemongrass (about 2 1/4 ounces), tough outer part discarded, chopped
1 (2-inch) piece ginger, scrubbed and chopped
4 scallions, green parts sliced and white parts trimmed and left whole
1 scotch bonnet chile, with or without seeds, chopped
1 shallot, peeled and chopped
2 lemons
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk
10 cilantro sprigs, cut crosswise

Steps:

Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Pat the body and inside of the fish dry, and space the fish evenly apart on an unlined sheet pan. Using a sharp knife, cut two diagonal slits, 2 inches apart, into the skin of each fish, making sure not to cut through to the bone. Repeat the slits on the other side. Drizzle both sides and the inside of the fish with 3 tablespoons oil, and season with the 1 1/2 tablespoons salt.
Working in batches if necessary, transfer the lemongrass to the bowl of an asanka or a mortar. Use the pestle to pound the lemongrass pieces until crushed and fragrant. Move the crushed pieces to one side of the mortar bowl or the asanka. Add the ginger pieces and repeat the pounding process until they're crushed. Combine the ginger and the lemongrass. Add the scallion greens and scotch bonnet chile. Use the pestle to crush and combine these with the lemongrass mixture. Add the shallot and zest of 1 lemon, crush and combine with the pestle. Stir in the turmeric and coconut milk. (Makes about 1 1/4 cup marinade.) Alternatively, you can do this step in a food processor. Add in the ingredients in the order listed, and pulse them all together. Stir in the turmeric and coconut milk.
Slice the zested lemon into 3 or 4 rounds. Spread the marinade generously over both sides of each fish and about 2 tablespoons into each cavity. Place a lemon slice, the white end of a scallion and some cilantro sprigs in each cavity. (At this point, the fish can be left to marinate for up to 30 minutes, or covered and refrigerated overnight.) Drizzle the tops of the fish with the remaining oil.
Roast the fish until firm and cooked through, rotating the sheet pan once halfway through the process, about 22 to 25 minutes. Slice the remaining lemon into wedges. Serve the fish over steamed rice or alongside a hearty salad, with the lemon wedges for squeezing.