GILT HEAD BREAM (or any other to taste) – 1.5kg / 4PCs.
SALT – 2 tsp.
GARLIC POWDER – 1 tsp.
COOKING OIL – 500ml
INGREDIENTS FOR THE SAUCE:
FRESH CHERRY TOMATOES – 400gr
GREEN OLIVES – 100gr
ONION RINGS – 100gr
DILL – ¼ tsp.
GROUND PEPPER – ¼ tsp.
BROTH CUBE – 1 PC.(Classic flavour)
EXTRAVIRGIN OLIVE OIL – 3 tbsp.
DIRECTIONS
Remove scales and upper back thorns from fish and run a couple of cuts on each side, season with salt, ginger powder and garlic powder and massage the skin to allow fish to absorb spices. Deep fry fish until golden and crisp and set aside on a layer of kitchen paper to absorb excess oil. Heat a frying pan and add olive oil, sweat onions and then add cherry tomatoes, broth cube and dill, Once tomatoes are smashed, add olives and simmer for 5min.Lay fish on a serving dish and pour sauce all over.
Heat the olive oil in a medium sized pot and roast the white part of the green onion and ginger, once soft, add tomatoes and let soften, add hot water, salt, fish stock powder, ground pepper and lime juice. Bring to a boil and then add carrots and cabbage. Let cook for 5min, add fish fillet and simmer for 3min stirring once in a while. Add green onion, mix and serve.
Place the clean tilapia in a plate and season it with salt and garlic powder. Fry the fish on both sides.
While frying, prepare the sauce for the fish. In a cup or little mixing bowl, add the water, the oyster sauce, few salt, the brown sugar, the lemon juice or vinegar, the corn starch and stir well.
Once fish is cooked, remove from the frying pan and set aside. Using the same frying pan, after removing the cooking oil, add the extra virgin olive oil and saute altogether the sliced onions, the sliced red bell pepper, the sliced ginger until tender, add the sauce, the ground mixed pepper seeds, the soy sauce and stir until thickend, add the fish and flip often for 5 to 6min.