Name: Grilled Skate Wings with Nonya Sweet-and-Sour Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 pounds skate wings, cleaned; 1 tablespoon ground coriander; 1 to 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, for brushing; ½ cup Nonya Sweet-and-Sour Sauce, or more as needed; 1 to 2 serrano or other hot peppers, seeded and minced (for a hotter mixture, leave the seeds in); 2 teaspoons curry powder; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Barbecue Bible

By Steven Raichlen

Published 1998

About

Meltingly tender, buttery, and crisp, these skate wings are the specialty of Mrs. Goh Choi Eng, owner of a cook stall on Gurney Drive in Penang. The fish receives a double barrage of flavor—first from a tangy basting sauce made from aromatic, locally grown cloves, then from a Malaysian sweet-and-sour sauce redolent of lemongrass, shallots, and chiles. If skate is impossible to find in your neighborhood, this is also delicious made with bluefish, swordfish, or halibut.

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