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And just to quickly point out for those of you who might not know, "Cook" is not my last name. Ed used that as sort of a pen name for me. Never the less, credit was still given by way of showing a link of our website for the quotes.

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Green Thai-Curried Salmon

You can substitute the salmon with black cod, trout, striped bass, tilapia, catfish, pike or a firm-textered fish of your choice.

4 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons sliced fresh ginger
1 cup packed basil leaves, or mint leaves, or cilantro leaves
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 cup peanut oil
2/3 cup unsweetened coconut milk
2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
4 (6 ounce) salmon fillets or steaks
Asian chile sauce
1 lime cut into wedges

Add the garlic and ginger into a food processor and process until minced. Add the basic and mince. Add the coriander, caraway, and cumin and process until incorporated. Slowly add about 3 to 4 tablespoons of oil until a paste forms. Tranfer the paste to a bowl, add the coconut milk and fish sauce, and stir well. Set the sauce aside.

Working in batches or using 2 large saute pans, place the pans over medium heat. When the pans are hot, add the remaining 1/4 cup of oil. When the oil is hot, add the fish. Cook for about one minute on each side until lightly browned. Pour in the sauce. Cover the pans and turn the heat down to low. Simmer for 5 minutes, just until the fish begins to flake when prodded with a fork.

Transfer the fish to dinner plates. Spoon the sauce over the top. Garnish with a few dashes of the chile sauce and serve with the lime wedges.

This fish recipe is not featured on our website. It is intended only for you to enjoy as a thank you for being a subscriber to our newsletter. You can visit our freshwater fish recipes section for more delicious tasting fish dish ideas. And you can also share your fish recipes while you're there. We might even feature it in one of our future issues of The Fishing Loft newsletter.