Whole King Trout Cooked in Banana Leaves

Ingredients

1 x Whole Gutted Rainbow Trout (Available from a Woolworths Seafood Counter)
1 whole globe garlic – peeled and very finely chopped
a small bunch spring onions – finely chopped
1 x 10 cm fresh ginger – finely grated a small handful chili – use your own discrepancy
zest and juice of 3 – 4 limes
80 ml fish sauce or 30 ml salt
about 4 clean banana leaves
raffia to tie the banana leaves

Jasmin Coconut Rice

500 ml/ 2 cups jasmine rice
1 x 400 ml coconut milk
375 ml/ 1½ cups water
5 ml/ 1 t salt 5 ml/ 1 t sugar
Zest of 1 lime
Chopped coriander

Pineapple Salad

1 large pineapple – halved and flesh removed
chopped coriander
1 – 2 chopped chilli
5 – 10 ml sugar – depending how sweet the pineapple is

Three Streams Smokehouse is proud to partner with Woolworths South Africa in the retail sector, supplying sustainably sourced and responsibly farmed Norwegian Salmon, Rainbow Trout, and a variety of other premium-quality seafood products.

As of 2024, we are honoured to not only supply Woolworths in the Deli, Frozen, and Primal categories but also to have taken over the management and supply of their Fresh Seafood Counters.

This partnership means that Three Streams Smokehouse now proudly supplies an extensive range of seafood products to Woolworths stores across the Western Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal regions.

Method

Use a pestle and mortar and crush all the ingredients together for the wet rub; garlic, ginger, spring onions, chilies, limes and fish sauce.
Pat the trout dry with kitchen towels. Also clean the inside of the fish to remove all bloody residue.
Use the wet rub and rub it all over the fish, inside and outside.
Lay the banana leaves on the work surface. I found that my fish was very big, so I had to overlap more than one leave.
Wrap the fish, make sure there are no big gaps (little ones will be ok) and tie with raffia.
Heat some briquettes in the Weber and place the coals on either side of the Weber, so that the fish cooks on indirect heat.
Place the banana wrapped fish on the grid and close the lid.
My fish was big, so it took about 1h 10 min.
The fish must be firm to the touch when the press it.
Side Dishes To serve

Jasmin Coconut Rice
Place the rice in a colander and rinse under running water until the water runs clear.
Drain the rice, place in a pot and add the water, coconut milk, sugar and salt.
Bring the rice to the boil, turn the heat to low and cook with lid on For about 20 minutes. The rice must be soft, but not mushy.
Remove the lid and cook for another 5 minutes.
Just before serving, add the coriander and lime zest.
Wrap in little pieces of banana leaves and serve with the trout.

Pineapple Salad
Cut the pineapple into small cubes and mix with other ingredients.
Scoop back into the pineapple halves just before serving.

Serve the trout in small wraps with fresh avocado, pineapple salad and the cooked coconut rice.

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