Grilled branzino with soy-ginger sauce
 
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Fresh, healthy whole grilled branzino with a simple, flavorful soy-ginger sauce.
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Asian
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 1- to 1¼-pound whole branzino, scaled, gutted, and fins removed
  • 3 2-inch pieces of fresh ginger, 1 thinly sliced, 2 finely chopped
  • 4 scallions, trimmed, 1 cut crosswise into ½-inch pieces, 3 thinly sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves, 1 crushed and halved, 2 minced
  • 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro, plus a few springs for garnish
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ⅓ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. sugar
  • 1½ tsp. sesame oil
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Prepare a grill for medium high heat.
  2. With a sharp knife, cut 3 diagnoals in both sides of each fish to allow the marinade to soak in.
  3. Divide the sliced ginger, halved garlic ad chopped cilantro between the cavities of the 2 fish.
  4. Place the fish in a grill basket, if you have one.
  5. In a small bowl, mix the chopped ginger, ⅔ of the sliced scallions, the chopped garlic, olive oil, soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. Whisk until the sugar dissolves. Season with pepper.
  6. Spoon 2 teaspoons of the marinade over each fish and marinate for about 5 minutes. Reserve remaining sauce for serving.
  7. Grill the fish in a grill basket. If you don't have a grill basket, oil the grates before placing the fish on the grill. Cook for about 5 minutes per side, or until the flesh of the fish is opaque and the skin is crispy.
  8. Transfer the fish to a platter. Top with the reserved scallions and a few sprigs of cilantro and serve with the sauce. The sauce is excellent over steamed rice as well!
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