Spicy Monkfish in Banana Leaves with Coconut Shrimp Sauce

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      20 min

Appears in
China Modern: 100 Cutting-Edge, Fusion-Style Recipes for the 21st Century

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

  • About

My favorite way of cooking fish is to steam it. It is easy to cook and, most importantly, it’s the best way to tell if the fish is fresh as there’s no fishy aroma once cooked. Using the bamboo steamer retains the moisture of the fish but if you wrap the fish in fresh banana leaves first, I find the leaves keep the fish especially moist and add a slight fragrance. The blackish-brown shrimp paste used to create the delicious sauce is made from fermented ground shrimp. It is widely used in Sou