Thai Green Sea Bass Recipe - Great British Chefs

Ingredients

• 1 whole sea bass, weighing 1.5–2kg
• lime leaves, (optional)
• 1 lime, sliced (optional)
• 100ml of water, fish or vegetable stock
• 2 star anise
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp of black peppercorns
• 1 knob of galangal, thumb-sized, peeled and roughly sliced
• 1 knob of ginger, thumb-sized, peeled and roughly sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, bashed to remove the skin
• 3 banana shallots, roughly chopped
• 3 lemon grass sticks, outer layers removed and set aside, the rest roughly chopped
• bird's eye chillies, 6–8 (or to taste)
• 2 tbsp of fish sauce
• lime juice, from 2–3 limes
• 2 tbsp of Demerara sugar
• 1 bunch of coriander, large, leaves and stalks chopped separately
• 400ml of coconut milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 lime, cut into wedges