🐟 Pla nueng manao (steamed fish with lime)

Name: Pla nueng manao (steamed fish with lime)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 1 whole sea bass (about 700 g), cleaned; 4 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 6 garlic cloves, chopped; 4–6 bird’s eye chilies, chopped; 1 tsp sugar; 100 ml water; A handful of cilantro

Origin: Thailand

315kcal

per serving · 350 g

90kcal

per 100 g

60 gProtein17 g / 100 g

5 gFat1.5 g / 100 g

7 gCarbs2 g / 100 g

Pla nueng manao is a whole sea bass steamed and then bathed in a sharp, spicy broth of lime juice, fish sauce, garlic and fresh chilies, finished with cilantro. The fish stays soft and juicy, while the sauce is sour, salty and hot all at once. It is usually served in a fish-shaped pan over a burner to keep it hot, shared with steamed rice.

Diets

✓

No pork

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

Keto-friendly2 g carbs per 100 g

✓

High protein17 g protein per 100 g — 76% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: sea bass, fish sauce

Not veganbecause of: sea bass, fish sauce

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Fish

What it is made of

sea basslimechili peppergarlicfish saucecilantro

Recipe

2 servings35 min

Ingredients

1 whole sea bass (about 700 g), cleaned
4 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp fish sauce
6 garlic cloves, chopped
4–6 bird’s eye chilies, chopped
1 tsp sugar
100 ml water
A handful of cilantro

Method

Score the fish on both sides and place it on a heatproof plate.
Steam over boiling water for 12–15 minutes until the flesh flakes.
Meanwhile mix lime juice, fish sauce, garlic, chilies, sugar and water.
Pour the sauce over the hot fish, scatter with cilantro and serve.

How to make it lighter

The dish is naturally lean; keep it that way by serving it with plain steamed rice, not fried rice.
Go easy on the sauce if you watch salt — fish sauce is very salty.
Add steamed greens on the side for a fuller plate.

History

Steamed fish with lime is a fixture of Thai seafood restaurants and home cooking, especially in central Thailand; no specific origin is recorded.

Count it in one photo

Point your camera at the table — Me Nutrition recognises Pla nueng manao (steamed fish with lime) and every other dish, with calories and macros for each. Ate only half? Slide it.

Download on the App Store

Similar dishes

Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →