Baked Red Emporer Marinated In Mirin

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 kg fish, scaled and cleaned (red emporer)
• salt
• 600 ml mirin
• 150 ml fish sauce or 150 ml soy sauce
• 200 ml wine
• 80 ml rice wine vinegar
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 4 chilies, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
• 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon paprika

Recipe

• 1 slash fish diagonally 4-5 times to the bone.
• 2 rub whole fish with salt and put into a deep dish.
• 3 mix all marinade ingredients together and pour over the fish.
• 4 cover and refrigerate for 4 hours turning over after 2 hours.
• 5 preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 6 stuff belly of fish with large balls of aluminium foil to retain its shape and also allow you to stand it upright in a baking pan.
• 7 bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes until cooked to your liking and flesh is opaque and flakes easily.