Recipe: Delicious Pla Pao / Thai Style Grilled Whole Fish

Pla Pao / Thai Style Grilled Whole Fish. I think one of the best ways to eat a whole fish is by grilling it the Thai way, known as pla pao (ปลาเผา). The fish is coated in a thick layer of salt, slow roasted over charcoal, and eaten with a garlicky spicy chili dipping sauce known as sauce seafood. One of my favorite ways to eat a whole fish is by grilling it the Thai way.

For this Thai grilled fish recipe (pla pao ปลา. You can also cook it on the barbecue if you wish. Whole fish such as snapper (barramundor any other white fish (gutted)LemongrassKaffir lime leavesFlourSalt or sea saltVegetable oilNam jim dipping sauce:Fresh red chillisGarlic. You can cook Pla Pao / Thai Style Grilled Whole Fish using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pla Pao / Thai Style Grilled Whole Fish

1. Prepare of whole fish ,i use ruby ( red ) Tilapia or seabass sometime.
2. You need of salted.
3. You need of lemongrass.
4. Prepare of basils.
5. Prepare of corianders or kaffir lime leaves.
6. Prepare of each thumb size turmeric,and galangal.
7. You need of as need of spicy sauce ,in my recipes.

In a mortar and pestle (or a food processor), mix to a coarse paste. Rub this into the fish, and pack any that is left inside the fish. While it is cooking, prepare the dipping sauce. Thai salt crust grilled fish can be made with sea bream or any similar fish such as sea bass.

Pla Pao / Thai Style Grilled Whole Fish instructions

1. Light up your charcoal ,prepare this before start to work with fish.
2. Clean fish all inside and out ,clean all blood,pat dry with kitchen paper.
   
3. Slice all herbs to pieces.
4. Stuff inside of fish.
5. Cover whole fish with salt ,in case if it too dry spinkle some water to salt to make it stick to fish skin ,some use extra flour to mix with salt to make it better stick on the skin ,but i ue only salt.
6. Start to grill salted fish 15 mins per side ,or until no more juice dripping down.
7. Serve hot with my spicy sauce,or any sauce you like,with fresh vegatables :) https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/364794-kanyas-hot-sauce https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/358023-pepper-mints-and-coriander-spicy-sauce-for-seafood-or-noodles-rolls.

This is a fantastic and easy way to prepare seafood as the salt helps keep the moisture in the meat and not in the coals. This leaves you will super tender and moist meat that is to die for. Pla Pao is a whole fish stuffed full of lemongrass, coated in a thick layer of salt, and grilled over charcoal. The salt protects the skin from sticking to the grill and leaves the flesh moist and flaky. The fish is traditionally served with chili garlic sauce, Thai basil, and rice or thin rice noodles.