Kim Thuy’s Grilled Fish with Green Onion Sauce and Peanuts

Ingredients

Fish

• 1 whole white fish, scaled and gutted, about 3 lbs (1.4 kg) (striped bass, snapper, grouper

Green Onion Sauce

• 1 cup (250 ml) canola oil
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) sugar
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt
• 3 cups (750 ml) green onions cut into 1/8-inch (3-mm) thick slices
• 1 cup (250 ml) chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 cup (250 ml) unsalted roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Ginger and Lime Sauce

• 1 piece ginger about 2-inches (5-cm) long, peeled and crushed in a mortar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) lime juice
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) fish sauce
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) water

Toppings

• 12 rice paper wrappers
• Boston lettuce leaves
• 1 English cucumber, peeled and cut into strips the length of the roll
• Mint
• Thai basil
• Vietnamese basil