Indonesian
Ikan Bakar Kecap (Grilled Fish in Sweet Soy)
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Ikan Bakar Kecap (Grilled Fish in Sweet Soy) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Score the fish a few times on each side.
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Blend the garlic, shallots, and red chilies into a paste and whisk it with the kecap manis, lime juice, oil, and salt into a marinade.
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Coat the fish thoroughly and let it marinate at least 20 minutes.
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Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high and cook the fish, basting with the reserved marinade, until charred and cooked through, about 8 minutes per side.
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Serve hot with lime wedges alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ikan Bakar Kecap (Grilled Fish in Sweet Soy), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ikan Bakar Kecap (Grilled Fish in Sweet Soy) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Ayam Goreng (Indonesian Fried Chicken) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Ayam Goreng (Indonesian Fried Chicken) |
| Fish | Yes | Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 13 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 12 g
- Sodium
- 420 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ikan Bakar Kecap (Grilled Fish in Sweet Soy) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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