Baked Whole Fish

Serves: 4
Prep. Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 25-30 min

Ingredients:

• 1 large bass or similar fish 
• 3 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch) 45 
• 3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil 
•  1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 
•  50 g ham, cut into strips 
•  100 g peeled prawns 
• 1 tbsp soy sauce 
• 1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry 
• 1 tsp sugar 
• 1 tsp salt 

Direction: 

1. Coat the fish with cornflour. 
2. Heat the oil and fry the onion and garlic until lightly browned. 
3. Add the fish and fry until golden brown on both sides. 
4. Transfer the fish to a sheet of foil in a roasting tin and top with ham and prawns. 
5. Add the soy sauce, wine or sherry, sugar and salt to the pan and stir together well. 
6. Pour over the fish, close the foil over the top and bake in a preheated oven at 150 ºC/ 300 ºF for 20 minutes.