Dinner · 20 min · Amounts not specified
Coconut fish curry
Gentle simmer. Fish in last so it flakes, not boils apart.
The sheet · 2 bowls · 20 min
easyWhy tonight. Gentle simmer. Fish in last so it flakes, not boils apart.
What it needs
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- cod
- coconut milk
- ginger
- lime
- fish sauce
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: chili flakes, cilantro.
Method
- Ginger softened first, then coconut milk brought to a bare simmer and reduced a few minutes before the fish arrives.
- The sauce needs longer than the fish does. Cooking them together overcooks one to build the other.
- Fish in off the boil for five minutes, and it carries on cooking in the hot sauce after the pan is off.
- Fish sauce and lime at the very end, off the heat. Both flatten if they simmer.
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Published minimums for what is in this
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- FishFlaky, Juicy, Buttery Fish in Minutes, EVERY TIME! | Chef Jean-PierreChef Jean-PierreA fast stovetop method built around the fact that fish is done before you think it is.Link checked 2026-09-08
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- cod
- Lean, mild and flaky, which makes it a vehicle rather than a flavor.
- coconut milk
- Fat that carries chili and spice further than water can, with a sweetness underneath.
- ginger
- Bright and hot when raw, mellow and warm when cooked.
- lime
- Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
- fish sauce
- Salt and deep savoriness, and it smells far stronger than it tastes once it is in something.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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