Super Tasty Soy and Seven Spice Trout Fillets

Ingredients

Serves 2

Prep time 10 minuets

Cooking time 15 minutes

• 2 British trout fillets

For the seasoning sauce:

• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons Thai “chilli and shrimp paste” – this sweet and spicy paste is excellent used in this way.
• 2 teaspoons coconut sugar – Palm sugar or brown sugar will work fine here as an alternative
• 2 teaspoons tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon Thai seven spice seasoning – or Chinese 5 spice will work if you can’t get that.

For the dressing:

• The remaining 1/3 of the seasoning sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• Juice of half a lime
• 1 extra teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 dessertspoon sunflower oil

Suggested accompaniments:

• Ribbons of cucumber and some steamed rice

Method

Pre heat the oven – 180 c

• Mix the seasoning sauce ingredients together in a small bowl to make a rich, aromatic paste.
• Place a piece of baking parchment on a baking sheet and place the trout fillets on this, skin side down.
• Evenly spread 2/3 of the seasoning sauce over the trout and bake in the oven for around 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile stir all the dressing ingredients together.
• Once the cooked trout has rested for a minute or two, place it on the serving plate and drizzle over some of the dressing.
• Add whatever you are going to use as an accompaniment and serve.