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Coconut fish with cucumber salad

Bill Granger from Good Food Bites
Flaky fish in a creamy coconut broth with a tangy cucumber salad make a great combination from Bill Granger

Coconut fish with cucumber salad

Method

1. Place the stock, coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar, lime leaves, lemon grass and chilli in a large saucepan over a medium high heat. Boil for 10 minutes, then lower the heat and bring to a simmer.

2. Add the fish and poach for two or three minutes or until the fish starts to flake when lightly pressed with the edge of a fork.

3. Remove the fish from the pan, cover and set aside.

4. Reduce the sauce for another five minutes over a high heat until thickened slightly.

5. Strain and stir in the lime juice. Pour over the fish. Any leftover poaching liquid can be served in small soup bowls as a delicious accompaniment.

6. To make the cucumber salad, place all the ingredients except the dressing in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

7. For the dressing, mix all of the ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine. Toss through the cucumber salad before serving.

8. To serve, garnish the fish with extra lime leaves and serve with the cucumber salad and some steamed rice.

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Serves: 4

Prep: 25 min
Cook: 20 min

Ingredients
250ml chicken or fish stock
400ml coconut milk
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 tbsp caster sugar
3 kaffir lime leaves
1 lemon grass stalk, bruised
1 small fresh red chilli, split lengthways
4 white fish fillets, each 175g
1 tbsp fresh lime juice

For the cucumber salad

2 large Chillies, seeded and finely sliced on the diagonal
30g fresh coriander
0.5 small red onion, finely sliced
5g fresh mint leaves
20g mangetout, blanched and finely sliced
0.5 Cucumber, cut in half lengthways and diagonally sliced