Quick recipe finder Thai-style sea bass

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

Serves

Serves 1

Recommended by

3 people

By Tony Tobin From Ready Steady Cook

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 sea bass fillet
• 100g/4oz Thai fragrant rice, cooked according to packet instructions, kept warm
• 3 shallots, sliced and fried
• ½ chilli, chopped
• handful fresh coriander, chopped
• 1 tbsp water
• 150g/5oz spinach, washed and chopped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the dressing

• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp chilli, chopped
• juice of 1 lime

Method

1. Heat one tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan. Add the sea bass and pan-fry, skin-side down, for 2-3 minutes. Turn the fillet over and cook for another minute, then set aside.

2. Mix the warm rice with the shallots, chilli and coriander.

3. Cook the spinach in a hot pan with a tbsp of water until completely wilted and tender. Drain and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

4. To make the dressing, mix together the soy sauce, sesame oil, chopped chilli and lime juice.

5. Serve the rice in the centre of a plate, top with the spinach and the sea bass fillet. Then pour over the dressing.