Whole baked fish with fennel, chilli & lemongrass recipe | Good Food

Name: Whole baked fish with fennel, chilli & lemongrass recipe | Good Food
Ingredients: 2 large Maris Piper or Désirée potatoes thinly sliced; 1 large fennel bulb thinly sliced through the roots; 1 tbsp vegetable oil plus extra for the fish; 4 garlic cloves grated; 45g palm sugar or light brown soft sugar; 75ml fish sauce; 75ml lime juice (from about 5 limes), plus slices to serve; small handful of coriander leaves picked and roughly torn, stalks finely chopped; 2 large mackerel (about 700g each), cleaned and gutted (sea bass or bream also work well); 2 lemongrass stalks bashed and broken in half; 3 spring onions thinly sliced diagonally; 1 red chilli thinly sliced

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Try this spicy, sweet and sticky whole fish with punchy fennel, chilli and lemongrass flavours for Good Friday. It's a simple yet sophisticated way to feed a crowd

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Ingredients

2 large Maris Piper or Désirée potatoes thinly sliced
1 large fennel bulb thinly sliced through the roots
1 tbsp vegetable oil plus extra for the fish
4 garlic cloves grated
45g palm sugar or light brown soft sugar
75ml fish sauce
75ml lime juice (from about 5 limes), plus slices to serve
small handful of coriander leaves picked and roughly torn, stalks finely chopped
2 large mackerel (about 700g each), cleaned and gutted (sea bass or bream also work well)
2 lemongrass stalks bashed and broken in half
3 spring onions thinly sliced diagonally
1 red chilli thinly sliced