Coconut & Lime Poached Rockfish

1 14.5 oz can Coconut milk
1 lime, zested and juiced
1 TBSP palm sugar (or sub turbinado or coconut sugar)
1/2 tsp kosher salt (or sea salt)
1 inch Galangal, cut into coins (sub ginger if galangal is hard to find)
3 scallions, greens thinly sliced, whites cut into 2" pieces
1 small serrano chili thinly sliced (use jalapeno and/or remove seeds/ribs for less heat)
3/4 lb rockfish filets, skinless, cut into small pieces
4 heads baby bok choy, leaves separated

In a wide pan, add coconut, lime juice, half of the zest, sugar, salt, galangal, scallion whites, and serrano pepper.  Bring to a low simmer (~180° F).  Add rockfish to poaching liquid and cover.  Cook for about 5-7 minutes or until internal temperature reaches about 120° F.  Remove fish and set aside on a plate.

Add the bok choy leaves to the poaching liquid.  Raise heat and bring to a gentle boil.  Boil for about 5 minutes.  Reduce to a simmer and remove galangal pieces.  Taste the broth and adjust seasoning to taste.  Once bok choy stems are tender, return fish to the poaching liquid and cook until fish reaches 130° F.

Serve over jasmine rice or by itself.

That looks soooooo delish. Thanks for the recipe.

That looks soooooo delish. Thanks for the recipe.

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I had to google galangal...

Bookmarked, thanks, looks quite perfect

Nice food/fish pic w/recipe 

That looks soooooo delish. Thanks for the recipe.

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I had to google galangal...

I added some substitutes to the ingredients for folks who may not be able to easily find galangal or palm sugar.

Oh, hell yes. This looks amazing. Bookmarked!

Thanks for sharing! I’m always looking for new recipes to motivate my wife to let me go fishing again..

Wow, I'm going to have to remember this one.  Wish I'd seen it earlier.  I have a glut of bok choy in the garden, but the rockfish I caught this weekend have already been fire roasted and scarfed down...  Next time!

Going to try this out thank you

Damn, this was so good. I didn't have all of the parts exactly as the recipe is written, but I definitely got in the ballpark. Subbed ginger for galangal, brown sugar for turbinado, and ling for rockfish. Also grabbed some spring garlic from the garden and threw in some red peppers and cilantro sprigs. Made a tofu version for my vegetarian girlfriend and we both were wishing there was more. Highly recommend this !