Servings: 4 / Prep time: 5 mins / Cook time:
Ingredients
- 1 3-pound box coarse kosher salt
- 5 (or more) large egg whites
- 2 1- to 1 1/2-pound whole branzino, loup de mer, or sea bass, gutted and scaled
- 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
- 1 lime, quartered
- 8 tbsp Mölli Culiacan Chamoy sauce
- 1/4 cup Extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups arugula
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Stir salt and 5 egg whites in large bowl, adding more egg whites as needed to form a grainy paste. Press 1/4-inch layer of salt mixture (large enough to hold both fish) onto large rimmed baking sheet.
- Stuff cavity of each whole fish with half of cilantro. Place fish atop salt mixture on baking sheet. Pack remaining salt mixture over fish to enclose completely. Roast until thermometer inserted into thickest part of fish registers 135°F, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour Culiacan chamoy sauce and olive oil in a small bowl. Whisk until emulsified. Set aside.
- Using back of large spoon, gently crack open salt crust on fish. Lift and discard salt layer. Pull skin from top of 1 fish. Carefully lift top fillet from bones and transfer to plate. Lift and discard bones. Gently lift second fillet from skin and transfer to second plate. Repeat with second fish for a total of 4 plates.
- Spoon Culiacan mixture over fish. Add arugula to bowl with remaining Culiacan mixture; toss to coat. Divide among plates. Provecho!
