Grilled Striped Bass with Sweet-and-Savory Caramel

ACTIVE: 40 MIN
TOTAL TIME: 2 HRS 40 MIN
SERVINGS: 4

This hot-and-sweet, Asian-inspired dish from chef Andrew Zimmern pairs an easy but flavorful marinade for grilled fish with an intense, savory caramel sauce.

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2 tablespoons roasted peanut oil (see Note)
6 scallions, minced
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Four 6-ounce wild striped bass fillets, with skin
One 3-inch piece of fresh ginger
Vegetable oil, for grilling
Fish Sauce Caramel, , steamed white rice and sautéed baby bok choy, for serving

In a small bowl, combine the peanut oil with the half each of the scallions and sesame seeds and a big pinch each of salt and pepper. In a glass pie plate, rub both sides of the bass fillets with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Finely grate the ginger and squeeze through a piece of cheesecloth to extract the juice; you should have about 3 tablespoons of juice.
Light a grill or preheat a grill pan and brush with oil. Remove the bass from the marinade and wipe off some of the excess. Grill the bass over moderately high heat, skin side down, basting occasionally with the ginger juice, until nicely charred and crisp on the bottom, 3 minutes. Turn the bass and cook until just opaque in the center, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer to plates and drizzle with a spoonful of the Fish Sauce Caramel. Sprinkle with the remaining scallions and sesame seeds and serve with rice and bok choy.

Make Ahead Roasted peanut oil, as opposed to neutral peanut oil, smells richly nutty. Boyajin’s Fragrant Peanut Oil is available at specialty markets and from mingspantry.com.

Grilled Striped Bass with Sweet-and-Savory Caramel

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