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Summary
This is the definition of minimalist Thai cooking. The steam not only gently cooks the fish until just tender but also creates an instant, complex sauce from a handful of basic ingredients. Scoring the fish's flesh allows more of the flavor to season the fish and facilitates faster steaming. The fish is cooked on a plate that fits inside the steamer, to catch the juices.
Ingredients
- 4 large garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro stems plus cilantro leaves for garnish
- 1 tablespoon chopped green Thai chiles
- 2 tablespoons (or more) fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch of freshly ground white or black pepper
- 1 whole head-on black bass or rainbow trout (1 1/2-2 pounds), cleaned, scored to the bone on both sides in 1" intervals
- 2 tablespoons low-salt chicken broth
- 1 lime, cut into thin rounds
- Steamed jasmine rice
- A large bamboo steamer
Instructions
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Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 2
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 153 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 0 g 0.01%
- Saturated Fat: 0 g 0%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 8 mg 2.5%
- Sodium: 1619 mg 67.45%
- Calcium: 460 mg 46.02%
- Potassium: 79 mg 2.24%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 0 mg 2.06%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 25 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g 0.44%
- Sugar: 24 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 16.89%
- Vitamin C 5.92%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs2
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq