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Seared Sea Bass with Spicy Sugar Snap Salad and Ponzu Dressing

By OcadoLife
Soft flesh, crispy skin and a crunchy, herbal salad – this dish is all about texture and aromatics. Ponzu is a citrusy sauce that's really popular in Japan, and it goes a treat here with the white fish and chilli-spiked…
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Ingredients

12 total
  • 50 g of plain flour
  • 2 tbsp of sesame oil
  • 4 tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1 lemon, juice only
  • 1 lime, juice only
  • 25 g of mint
  • 60 g of coriander
  • 4 shallots, thinly sliced
  • 2 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
  • 200 g of sugar snap peas, halved diagonally
  • 4 fillets of seabass
  • 2 tsp of mirin

Method

3 steps
  1. Step 1

    Put the plain flour on a plate and add salt and pepper. Toss the fish to coat all over in the seasoned flour.

  2. Step 2

    Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the fish, skin side down, and cook for 2 mins, then turn and cook for another 2 mins.

  3. Step 3

    Mix together the soy, lemon, lime and mirin in a bowl to make the ponzu sauce. Toss the herbs, shallots, chilli and sugar snap peas together in a bowl and divide between plates. Add a piece of fish to each plate and spoon over the ponzu to serve.