Maomao in Lime Sauce

Name: Maomao in Lime Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 4 maomao fillets.; Olive oil for frying.; Juice of 1 lime or lime cordial equivalent.; 100mls cream.; ¼ cup fresh coriander.; 50mls fish sauce.; ½ chilli, chopped.; 1 banana, chopped.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Liz Hanlon
Prep:10 minutes Cook:10 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

4 maomao fillets.
Olive oil for frying.
Juice of 1 lime or lime cordial equivalent.
100mls cream.
¼ cup fresh coriander.
50mls fish sauce.
½ chilli, chopped.
1 banana, chopped.

Directions:

Lightly season the fillets and pan fry both sides in olive oil.
Remove from the pan.
Add lime juice, cream, coriander, fish sauce and the chilli.
Season, to taste, with a little salt and pepper and reduce.
Add the banana to the sauce.
Place the fish fillets back in the sauce to warm through.
On each plate create a loose-leaf salad including finely-sliced red onion.
Add some Pacific fruits such as pawpaw, mango or rock melon.
Place the fish on top and pour over the sauce.

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Known in more recent times as ‘the people’s fish’, kahawai is a species that European New Zealanders, until recently, treated with some disdain.

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