Pla Neung Manao Thai Steamed Lime Garlic Fish 🐟🍋

Description

Thai steamed fish with a bright lime garlic chili sauce, silky tender fillets, and a clean herbal finish, intensely aromatic, light, and premium like a top Thai seafood restaurant plate. 🌿

Hook ✨

If you want a Thai fish dish that feels expensive, looks elegant, and ranks strongly in search, pla neung manao is the one, fast steam, bold sauce, and huge flavor with clean technique. ✨

Ingredients

• Fish
• 🐟 700 g white fish fillets, sea bass or snapper, skin on preferred (1.54 lb)
• 🧂 3 g fine salt (1/2 tsp / 0.1 oz)
• 🧂 1 g black pepper (1/4 tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🍋 10 ml lime juice (2 tsp / 0.34 fl oz)
• 🌿 6 g ginger, thin slices, for steaming bed (2 tsp / 0.2 oz)
• 🧅 40 g scallions, 5 cm pieces, for steaming bed (1/2 cup / 1.4 oz)
• Thai lime garlic chili sauce
• 🍋 90 ml lime juice, fresh (6 tbsp / 3 fl oz)
• 🥣 45 ml fish sauce (3 tbsp / 1.5 fl oz)
• 🍯 15 ml sugar syrup or palm sugar syrup (1 tbsp / 0.5 fl oz)
• 🧄 24 g garlic, finely minced (8 cloves / 0.85 oz)
• 🌶️ 8–12 g Thai chilies, finely sliced, to taste (3–6 chilies / 0.28–0.42 oz)
• 🌿 12 g cilantro stems and leaves, finely chopped (1 cup / 0.4 oz)
• 💧 30 ml warm water (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• Finish
• 🌿 10 g cilantro leaves (1/2 cup / 0.35 oz)
• 🧅 20 g scallions, thin sliced (1/3 cup / 0.7 oz)
• 🍋 1 lime, wedges (1)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Prep the fish
2. Pat fish dry, season with salt, pepper, and lime juice, then rest 10 min while you prepare the sauce. 🐟
3. 2️⃣ Mix the sauce base
4. Whisk lime juice, fish sauce, syrup, and warm water until fully smooth and balanced. 🍋
5. 3️⃣ Add aromatics
6. Stir in garlic, chilies, and chopped cilantro, then rest 5 min so the sauce sharpens and deepens. 🌶️
7. 4️⃣ Build the steamer plate
8. Place ginger slices and scallion pieces on a heatproof plate to create a bed, then set the fish on top. 🌿
9. 5️⃣ Steam gently
10. Steam over medium heat, covered, 8–10 min until the fish turns opaque and flakes easily in the thickest part. ♨️
11. 6️⃣ Drain excess liquid
12. Carefully pour off most of the steaming liquid from the plate so the final sauce stays bright, not diluted. 💧
13. 7️⃣ Sauce the fish
14. Spoon the lime garlic chili sauce generously over the hot fish so the aromatics bloom from the heat. 🧄
15. 8️⃣ Finish and serve
16. Top with cilantro and scallions, serve immediately with lime wedges and rice if desired. ✨

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 10 min
🛋️ Rest: 15 min
⏰ Total: 40 min

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