Thai Style Gemfish, With Beans & Mushrooms

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs	681g / 24oz	Gemfish
4 oz	113g	Green beans
4 oz	113g	Button mushrooms
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fish sauce
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1 tablespoon	15ml	Flour
1 cup	237ml	Peanuts
3		Bird's eye chilies
		Capsicum - (bell pepper)
		Spring onions
1 tablespoon	15ml	Lemon grass
4		Garlic
2 teaspoons	10ml	Pepper
1		Salt

Recipe Instructions

Cut 1 1/2 lb. of gemfish into bite sized pieces. Top tail and slice about 4 oz of green beans, and slice 4 oz of button mushrooms.

In a cup or small bowl, mix 2 tbsp. of fish sauce, onetbsp. of sugar and 1 tbsp. of flour with a little water. For garnishing have ready a cup of crushed peanuts, three birdseye chillies chopped (these are the small fiercely hot chillies), a handful of both fine strips of capsicum and spring onions. Pound together or process 1 T of lemon grass pieces, 4 cloves of garlic, 2 t of pepper and a pinch of salt.

In a wok or frying pan heat some sesame oil and brown the processed paste over medium heat for a few minutes. Turn up the heat, add beans mushrooms and fish, and stir fry gently for about 3 minutes. Add the fish sauce mixture and stir for a minute or two until the liquid thickens. Serve, sprinkled with above garnish and plain rice.

From : Meryl Constance. Sydney Morning Herald.

Source:
Keo Sananikone in "Keo's thai Cusine"

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