Salt - crusted Fish (盐焗鱼)

Instead of salt - crusted chicken, I made it with fish, yet is so juicy and delicious. This recipe goes well with any kind of fish except those oily fish, white flesh just fine.




These are what you need ..........


Utensils

Baking tray
Oven


Ingredients

300gm ikan kurau (Treadfin. Tai Mah Yau Yee [Chinese], Koduva Meen [Tamil]), do not scaled (the scale will prevent the fish from saltiness and dryness)
1/2 lemon, thickly sliced
A hand full of basil leaf
400gm salt


Instructions

1. Lay aluminum foil on baking tray. 
2. Season fish with some salt at belly, stuff lemon and basil leaves in it. 
3. Squeeze some lemon juice over fish. 
4. Add some water to salt in order to hold together. 
5. Form a firm salt base on baking tray, place fish on top, cover the whole fish with the balance of the salt. 
6. Preheat oven at 180°, bake the fish for 20 mins. 
7. For timing wise, it depends on the size of the fish, bigger fish, longer time. 
8. After 20 mins, take out from oven, tap lightly on salt crust to remove, peeled the skin of the fish. Now the dish is ready to serve .........