Thai style gemfish with beans & mushrooms
Yield: 6 Servings S
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lb Gemfish
- 4 oz Green beans
- 4 oz Button mushrooms
- 2 tb Fish sauce
- 1 tb Sugar
- 1 tb Flour
- 1 c Peanuts
- 3 Bird's eye chilis Capsicum (bell pepper) Spring onions
- 1 tb Lemon grass
- 4 Cloves garlic
- 2 ts Pepper
- 1 pn Salt
Instructions:
Cut 1 1/2 lb of gemfish into bite sized pieces. Top tail and slice about 4 oz of green beans and slice 4 oz of button mushrooms. In a cup or small bowl mix 2 T of fish sauce one T of sugar and 1 T of flour with a little water. For garnishing have ready a cup of crushed peanuts three birdseye chillies chopped (these are the small fiercely hot chillies) a handful of both fine strips of capsicum and spring onions. Pound together or process 1 T of lemon grass pieces 4 cloves of garlic 2 t of pepper and a pinch of salt. In a wok or frypan heat some sesame oil and brown the processed paste over medium heat for a few minutes. Turn up the heat add beans mushrooms and fish and stir fry gently for about 3 minutes. Add the fish sauce mixture and stir for a minute or two until the liquid thickens. Serve sprinkled with above garnish and plain rice. From : Meryl Constance. Sydney Morning Herald. 15 th September 1992.
