For the sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
4 garlic cloves minced or grated
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp lime or lemon juice
2 spring onions sliced into thin diagonal
For the fish
1 large fish (e.g. Snapper) gutted and devalued
Lemon or lime.slices
2 spring onions sliced into thin diagonal
Handful of basil leaves chopped or torn.
Method
Preheat the oven to 220C (209C fan forced)
Cut vertical slices into the fish on both sides. Place the fish on a large piece of Aluminum foil on a baking tray.
Stuff the inside of the fish with spring onions, half the basil and 2 or 3 slices of.lemon or lime.
Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl. Baste the fish with about half the sauce on both sides.
With a second piece of foil cover the fish and crimp.around the edges to seal.
Place into the oven and cook for 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven, carefully remove the top piece of foil and baste the fish with the remaining sauce. Cover the fish again and get in to the oven for a further 15 minutes.
Remove the top foil, decorate with lemon or lime.pieces and the remaining basil. Serve on a large platter to share. Great with rice and waited green beans.
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