Broiled Red Snapper With Tamarind Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tamarind pulp
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 2 small shallots (thinly sliced)
• 3 garlic cloves (minced)
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped cilantro stems
• 1 tablespoon asian fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons whole thai basil or 2 tablespoons regular basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 2 (6 ounce) red snapper fillets, with skin
• 2 scallions
• 1 -2 fresh red chile

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl combine water and tamarind and let stand for 10 minutes.
• 2 strain this using a strainer and squeeze the tamarind gently to remove as much juice as possible.
• 3 to this tamarind water add the shallots, garlic cilantro stems, fish sauce, sugar and salt.
• 4 simmer this sauce stirring occasionally until slightly thickened (about 2 minutes). keep warm.
• 5 preheat broiler.
• 6 lightly brush a small rack of a broiler pan with oil and arrange the snapper fillets skin side down.
• 7 season fillets with salt and broil 4 to f inches from the heat until just cooked through (about 7-8 minutes).
• 8 while fish is broiling, thinly slice the scallions and chillies.
• 9 stir the whole basil leaves into sauce just before serving.
• 10 serve the fish with sauce over it and garnish with scallions and chillies and basil leaves.