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Fried tilapia with shredded mango

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Serves 6 as a starter

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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This fried tilapia recipe is gluten free and really easy to make. The batter won't go really golden, but it will stay crispy and is perfect for soaking up the nuoc cham (dipping sauce)

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Ingredients

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• 3 spring onions

  cut into long shreds

• 1 tbsp palm sugar

• 2 limes

  juiced

• 3 tbsp fish sauce

• 2 bird’s-eye chillies

  finely sliced

• 1 clove garlic

  crushed

• 1 firm mango

  halved, peeled and stoned

• 150g rice flour

• 200ml soda water

• 1 tsp lemongrass paste (from a jar)

• 4 fillets tilapia or sea bass

  pin boned

• groundnut or vegetable oil

• a large handful mint leaves

  shredded

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal293
• fat11.6g
• saturates2.3g
• carbs28.2g
• sugars8.4g
• fibre1.4g
• protein18.1g
• salt1.6g

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Method

• step 1

  Put the spring onion shreds into a bowl of iced water to curl up. Whisk the sugar, lime juice and fish sauce until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the chilli and garlic. It should be sweet, sour, hot and salty. Add a little more lime or fish sauce to balance it, if you need to. Cut the mango into thin batons.

• step 2

  Whisk the rice flour, soda water and lemongrass with a pinch of salt. Score the skin of the tilapia fillets lightly in a diamond pattern, then cut into 2cm wide strips. Add to the batter.

• step 3

  Heat 4cm oil in a deep frying pan until it reaches 180C on a thermometer or a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds. It should be hot but not smoking.

• step 4

  Drain the fish pieces from the batter for a second then gently lower into the hot oil. Turn in the oil with a slotted spoon and cook for 2-3 minutes until crisp and cooked through. Scoop out and drain on kitchen paper. Scoop out the frizzled bits of excess batter too, as these add an extra crunch.

• step 5

  Drain the spring onion and pat dry with kitchen paper. Put the fish onto plates, top with the mango, spring onion and the mint. Spoon over half the sauce, and serve the remainder in little bowls for dipping.

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