Lapu Lapu (Steamed Whole Strawberry Grouper)
Lapu Lapu (Steamed Whole Strawberry Grouper)
Lapu Lapu is a Filipino-style steamed whole grouper with a lemon ginger sauce poured over. This dish is extremely simple to prepare and even better to eat. I recently found whole frozen strawberry grouper at my local Asian market; all for around $10-$12 each. They do come uncleaned an unscaled, so that is something you will have to do at home. The grouper gets salted, then stuffed with lemon slices and ginger. Then you wrap it in foil and steam for about 25 minutes. While the fish is steaming, dissolve sugar into lemon juice in a small pot. Add in water, ginger, and lemon zest. Reduce for 5 minutes until the sauce is slightly thickened. Pour the sauce over the whole fish and garnish with cilantro. I served my fish with some asparagus that I threw in the steamer the last couple of minutes
Equipment
- bamboo steamer
- foil
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb strawberry grouper cleaned, scaled, and salted
- 3 slices lemon
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp ginger julienned
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tbsp lemon zest
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Stuff the fish cavity with lemon slices and 2 tbsp of julienned ginger.
- Wrap the fish in foil.
- Place the fish in a bamboo steamer.
- Steam for 25 minutes.
- While the fish is steaming, dissolve the sugar in the lemon juice in a small pot over medium heat.
- Pour in the water, lemon zest, and 1 tbsp of julienned ginger. Bring to a boil and reduce for 5 minutes.
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