Grilled Fish

(Ikan Bakar)

Grilled Fish or Ikan Bakar is very popular in Indonesia, especially in Sulawesi and Maluku where most of the people work as the seaman/fisherman. Both areas have a very huge sea which brings them different kind of seafood. Here's a simple recipe how to make a delicious grilled fish.

Category: Seafood

Difficulty: Medium

Cooking time: 45 - 60 minutes

Ingredients

- 1 whole fish, cleaned

- 1 tablespoon lime juice

- 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)

- 25 g margarine

For marinate the fish

- 3 Candlenuts (Kemiri)

- 3 shallots

- 2 cloves of garlic

- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder

- 1 teaspoon coriander

- salt to taste

- 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

Directions

1. Clean the fish and make cutlets around it. Pour the lime juice over it to reduce the fishy smell.

2. Blend or grind all marinate ingredients. Then use it to marinate the fish. Set aside for at least 1 hour.

3. When the marinate is absorb enough, grill the fish and brush it with marinate leftover.

4. When the fish is about to be ready, brush with sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and margarine. Continue grilling until it's cooked.

5 Serve with warm plain rice (nasi putih), cucumber, and sambal badjak or sambal terasi

Tips: you can grill the fish by wrapping it with Banana leaf (daun Pisang) so that the skin won't be stick into the grill appliances.