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Grilled Fish with Soy Lime Chili Sauce

April 13, 2015 by Holly Ford 8 Comments

      Grilled Fish with Soy Lime Chili Sauce

What fish do you think this is? Would you believe if I say this is an anchovy?

There is one seafood shop in my neighborhood where I go to buy fresh seafood. I found a fish which looked quite similar to mackerel. I asked the name and”Anchoa” was the answer I got. Since my memory in Spanish is quite limited, I had to ask him to write the name on the package so that I don’t forget. I came home and looked for the name in English.

To my surprise, Anchoa is a Spanish word for the anchovy. I have seen fresh anchovies many times in my life since I am from a town where the anchovy production ranks the #1 in Korea. I literally grow up eating fresh anchovies in my childhood but I have seen nothing like this big.

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I learned that some large anchovies can measure up to 40 cm (15 inch). This guy was measured about 13 inch. I would never know that he would be a cousin to my usual 3-inch anchovies by looking at his appearance.

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After some thought on how I want to cook this stall dude, I decided to grill him.

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I sprinkled some salt on top to get the crisp skin.

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For the sauce to go with, I mixed soy sauce with a little bit of lime juice, garlic, and Korean chili flakes.

Grilled Fish with Soy Lime Chili Sauce

When the fish is all done, I sprinkled some cilantro on top,

Grilled Fish with Soy Lime Chili Sauce

… drizzled the sauce over, and ate. I served with rice. Yes! It was delicious! The meat was firm and hold itself very well during the grilling. All my life I have eaten anchovies in many different form, from a raw salad to a soup. I never had a grilled anchovy until now, and my love for anchovy is continuously going strong. Go anchovy!

By the way, the soy lime chili sauce is good with any grilled fish if you want to try it.

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Grilled Fish with Soy Lime Chili Sauce

Holly Ford
Any firm textured fish, such as mackerel, grouper, croaker, or snapper, would work great with grilling.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 20 mins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium size firm fish mackerel, grouper, snapper, croaker, or large anchovy, etc, well cleaned
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • a few pinches coarse sea salt
  • 2 tablespoon Korean soy sauce for soup
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice or lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Korean chili flakes
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • 2-3 tablespoon chopped cilantro

Instructions
 

  • Heat the grill until very hot.
  • Give a few slits to the fish and brush with oil. Sprinkle a few pinches salt on top. Place the fish on a hot grill and cook until done. Turn your fish to the other side carefully and finish grilling.
  • Meanwhile, mix Korean soy sauce for soup, lime juice (or lemon juice), garlic, chili flakes, and water in a small bowl.
  • Sprinkle cilantro over the grilled fish, and spoon half the amount of sauce on top. You can dip the fish with the sauce as you eat, if needed. Serve hot with rice.

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Comments

  1. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    April 14, 2015 at 3:35 am

    Hi Holly! I had no idea you were still blogging! I don’t know why but I haven’t received your email newsletter. I checked my spam but it’s not there. And when I try to subscribe, it says my email (this email that I use to leave a comment) is already listed. 🙁 Do you know if you can remove my email so that I can re-subscribe? Is it only me who has this issue?

    I love your soy lime chili sauce and I will DEFINITELY try this recipe (with available fish). Looks so good!!!

    Reply
    • Holly says

      April 14, 2015 at 7:40 am

      Hi Nami,
      Yes, I am still blogging. I need to post more often but still hanging in there. That’s weird that you don’t receive my new post. It happens to me, too, with other blog that I am subscribing as well. I just unsubscribed your email address from my list. Please sign up again and let me know if it works. Thanks! Hope you are doing well.

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  2. nagimaehashi says

    April 14, 2015 at 5:12 am

    Anchovy? Really? I didn’t know they came that big!! This i my kind of food. I grew up eating whole cooked fish and it’s still my favourite way to cook it. I even scale and clean them myself! Though I am a bit gun shy at the moment after I ripped off half a thumbnail on a snapper fin (so painful!!)

    I love the simple sauce you use in this. It’s all you need with fish. I never make complicated dishes – if you have a good piece of fish, keep it simple!!

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    • Holly says

      April 14, 2015 at 7:42 am

      I totally agree wit you on simplicity on fish dishes. Nothing fancy, a good fish with a simple sauce is all you need.

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  3. Cecilia says

    April 14, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    Hi Holly, this is just an awesome recipe. And your pictures just made me hungry 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

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  4. hipfoodiemom says

    April 15, 2015 at 8:03 am

    Holly, this grilled fish looks amazing!!! my dad would be all over this!!! I would love this with mackerel! beautiful!

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  5. NeesFatin says

    April 28, 2015 at 4:48 am

    Hi, I love your blog… here in Malaysia, we eat the same grilled fish and the same sauce, but instead of red pepper flake, we used small thai’s chilies pepper and diced onion. with dark soy sauce and lime juice or sometime with lemon juice or calamansi juice or plain white vinegar. we love it dark and rich so the sauce were not diluted with water… anyway its good. thanks for sharing your recipes… take care..

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    • Holly says

      April 28, 2015 at 7:18 am

      Yes, I remember eating several fish dishes in Malaysia. I used to live there. I miss all the great Malaysian food, yum! Thanks for your comment.

      Reply

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