Sea bass with sizzled ginger, chilli & spring onions – How to prepare Sea bass

• 6 x sea bass fillets, about 140g each, skin on and scaledabout 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• large knob of ginger, peeled and shredded into matchsticks
• 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 3 fat, fresh red chillies deseeded and thinly shredded
• bunch spring onion, shredded long-ways
• 1 tbsp soy sauce                                                                                                  

How to prepare Sea bass:

1. Season 6 sea bass fillets with salt and pepper, then slash the skin 3 times.
2. Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add 1 tbsp sunflower oil.
3. Once hot, fry the sea bass fillets, skin-side down, for 5 mins or until the skin is very crisp and golden. The fish will be almost cooked through.
4. Turn over, cook for another 30 seconds – 1 minute, then transfer to a serving plate and keep warm. You’ll need to fry the sea bass fillets in 2 batches.
5. Heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil, then fry the large knob of peeled ginger, cut into matchsticks, 3 thinly sliced garlic cloves and 3 thinly shredded red chillies for about 2 mins until golden.
6. Take off the heat and toss in the bunch of shredded spring onions. 
7. Splash the fish with 1 tbsp soy sauce and spoon over the contents of the pan.