Coconut Cream Poached Snapper With Daikon & Snap Pea Salsa

Dan    Mains, Recipes     curry, fish, recipes, summer

What you’ll need…

Poached snapper:

2 13.5oz cans coconut milk

1 cup half and half cream

1 stalk lemon grass (trimmed and cut into ‘fish out of the pot easily’ size pieces)

1/2 yellow onion (quartered)

4 cloves garlic

2 TSP yellow curry powder

1 TSP chili powder

4 red snapper fillets

 Salsa:

1 1/2 cups daikon (peeled and 1/2″ cubed)

1 cup fresh snap peas (pods removed, peas only)

1/4 cup red onion (finely chopped)

1 kiwi (1/2″ cubed, you can leave the skin on, it won’t kill you…)

1 TSP sugar

1 lemon (zest and juice)

salt and pepper

1 tomato (sliced, optional, I just wanted some colour variation on the plate!)

So here’s a story for you. I originally wanted to try poaching this fish in some red wine and spices, but while I was sitting at home contemplating about whether or not to use the wine to poach I accidently drank it all…and that’s my story. Well, not actually, but it definitely is something that could happen to me. I do like my wine. Anyway, life is always a little bit better when there’s some coconut curry involved, and this light dish is definitely perfect for a summer dinner date. My dinner guests seem to really like it when I poach things. Except pandas, they don’t like that.

Start off by combining the coconut milk and cream in a large pot. Whisk briefly to get rid of any lumps from the coconut milk. Add-in the remaining ingredients, aside from the snapper, and give a good stir. Let the mixture come to a bubble on medium-high heat, then reduce to low heat and let simmer for 20 minutes. While it’s simmering, give it a taste, and add some salt and pepper to your liking.

 For the salsa, simply place all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and toss to combine. Season with some salt and pepper, then set aside until you’re ready for it. Feel free to give it a taste on its own. It’s oddly delicious.

When the poaching liquid has simmered for long enough, remove the pieces of lemon grass, turn up to medium heat and pop in the pieces of snapper. Let the fish cook for about 6 minutes, or until it is fully cooked through. Remove the fish from the pot and scoop some of the liquid onto each plate,  followed by a couple tomato slices, then a piece of snapper, and, finally, the daikon salsa! You should probably eat this on your patio…just saying…

Serves 4

Total cook time…30 min

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