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Asian-inspired tilapia with crabs on winter vegetables

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 2 fish fillets (tilapia fillets)
  • 2 tbsp rice flour
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 100 g crab meat (crab tails)
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 50 g Jerusalem artichoke, cut into julienne strips
  • 50 g carrot(s), cut into julienne strips
  • 50 g beetroot, cut into julienne strips
  • 50 g savoy cabbage, cut into julienne strips
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 6 kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 tsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp oil (dark sesame oil)
  • 1 tbsp sauce (sweet chicken sauce)
  • some salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Sauté the garlic and torn kaffir lime leaves in a little oil, then add the vegetable strips. Deglaze with the vinegar and bring to a boil. Add the fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, sesame oil, and sweet chicken sauce, thinning with a little water if needed, and sauté the vegetables until crisp. Clean the fish fillets, season lightly with salt, and coat in rice flour, shaking off any excess flour. Fry in a little olive oil on both sides at 2/3 heat. Add the crabs after turning them over and season with 1 tablespoon of soy sauce before adding the fillets. To serve: Arrange the vegetables on plates, place a fish fillet on each plate, and add the warmed crabs.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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