Easy Thai-Inspired Oven-Baked Lemongrass Sea Bass Recipe
This easy oven-baked lemongrass sea bass recipe is packed with Thai-inspired flavours from lemongrass, lime, garlic and chilli. A healthy, light fish dinner that's ready in under 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Salt
- 180 g Sea Bass
- 2 stalks Lemongrass (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp Red Chillies (finely chopped) / Chilli Flakes
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 10 g Ginger grated
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1½ tbsp Fish Sauce
- 1½ tbsp Lime Juice
- 1 tbsp Cooking Oil (Vegetable/Sunflower Seed)
- 10 g Fresh Coriander Leaves & Stalk
- 5 pieces Kaffir Lime Leaves roughly crumbled
Instructions
- Rub salt over the sea bass fillets. Place the fillets, skin-side down, onto a lined baking tray.1 tsp Salt, 180 g Sea Bass
- Mix togther all the remaining ingredients and pour evenly over the fish fillets. Set aside and let marinate for 5-15 minutes.2 stalks Lemongrass (finely chopped), 1 tsp Red Chillies (finely chopped) / Chilli Flakes, 3 cloves Garlic, 10 g Ginger, 1 tbsp Brown Sugar, 1½ tbsp Fish Sauce, 1½ tbsp Lime Juice, 1 tbsp Cooking Oil (Vegetable/Sunflower Seed), 10 g Fresh Coriander Leaves & Stalk, 5 pieces Kaffir Lime Leaves
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the baking tray into the middle rack of the oven and bake for 20 minutes until the fish is cooked through. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Feel free to swap out the seabass with other white fish varieties such as cod, etc.
- Using fresh ginger and garlic is highly recommended to bring out the best of flavours.
- To chop the lemongrass, trim away the root end and tough outer layers before chopping the tender white and light green parts.
- If time allows, let the sea bass fillets marinate in the ingredients for a short 5-15 minutes. This would allow the flavours to seep through without over-marinating.
- If using whole fish, marinate a little longer for about 30 minutes.
- It's not essential, but if you own a mortar & pestle, you can further mince the ingredients into a paste to rub over the sea bass.