Steamed sea bass with lime and flat-leaf parsley

Name: Steamed sea bass with lime and flat-leaf parsley
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 15 g garlic; 1 gutted and scaled sea bass; 2 limes; 20 g fresh flat-leaf parsley; 5 g red chilli

Steamed sea bass with lime and flat-leaf parsley. Prepared with fresh flat-leaf parsley instead of coriander.

Active time25 min

Cooking25 min

Total45 min

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Ingredients

15 g garlic
2 limes
20 g fresh flat-leaf parsley
5 g red chilli
1 gutted and scaled sea bass

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Choose a sea bass weighing about 1 kg. Peel and chop the garlic. Wash and thinly slice the chilli.
Step completed · 2
Wash the limes and cut one into slices; squeeze the other. Wash the flat-leaf parsley and pick off the leaves.
Step completed · 3
Place the sea bass in a dish suitable for the steamer basket. Fill its cavity with lime slices, garlic and chilli. Steam for 20 to 25 minutes over simmering water, until the flesh comes away easily from the backbone.
Step completed · 4
Drizzle with the lime juice and scatter over the flat-leaf parsley. Serve, carefully removing the bones.

Allergens

Fish

Nutrition

Per serving · recipe for 4 people

Energy: 63 kcal
Protein: 10 g
Carbohydrate: 2.5 g
Fat: 0.3–0.6 g
Saturates: 0.1 g
Fibre: 1.9 g
Lactose: <0.2 g

Variations

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