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Whole Snapper

BBQ'd w/Lime & Chili 

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Preparation Time / 20  minutes

Cooking Time / 35 minutes



Ingredients (serves 6)
1.5kg whole snapper (snapper in picture is 6.3kg)
1 stick lemongrass, trimmed, halved,

   cut into 5cm lengths
4 garlic cloves, bruised
6 kaffir lime leaves, torn
Fresh coriander sprigs, sliced green onion, steamed jasmine rice and lime wedges, to serve

 

Dressing
1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce
1/2 cup lime juice
1 tsp caster sugar
1/3 cup light soy sauce
2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, grated
1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp peanut oil
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

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Photo by Andrew Coates

​                                                     Method


Preheat a barbecue to medium-high with hood closed. Rinse fish inside and out under cold running water. Pat dry with paper towel. Make 3 shallow cuts, 1cm-deep, in thickest part of each side of fish.
Place a large sheet of baking paper on top of a large sheet of foil on a flat surface. Place fish in centre of paper. Fill cavity with lemongrass, garlic and lime leaves. Season fish with salt and pepper. Fold up baking paper and foil to enclose fish, scrunching to secure foil.
Barbecue the snapper, with the hood closed, for 30 to 35 minutes, turning halfway, or until cooked through.
Meanwhile, make dressing: Combine sweet chilli sauce, lime juice, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, fish sauce, oil and coriander in a jug.
Unwrap fish and carefully transfer to a serving plate. Drizzle with dressing. Top with coriander sprigs and green onion. Serve with lime wedges and rice.



**NOTE** When cooking fish whole that you have caught yourself, clean your fish really well.  Use a scrubbing brush to give the gut cavity a good clean out as to avoid any 'gut' flavours coming through in your fish.

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