Grilled and salted fish (Miang Pla Phao or planin pao)
You see them regularly in Thailand, along the side of the road and in markets: Grilled fish. The white color of the salt with which they are rubbed is striking.
Miang Pla Phao is a traditional Thai dish consisting of grilled fish, usually wrapped in banana leaves. This dish is popular in Thai cuisine and is known for its distinct flavors and aromas.
The word 'Miang' means 'bite' or 'snack' in Thai, and 'Pla Phao' refers to the grilled fish. The fish is often marinated with a mix of Thai herbs and spices, such as lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, chillies and fish sauce. This creates a flavorful and spicy marinade that infuses the fish with delicious flavours.
Before the fish is grilled, it is often wrapped in banana leaves. This not only makes for a beautiful presentation, but also helps to keep the fish juicy and tender and imparts a subtle, earthy flavour. The fish is then grilled on an open fire or barbecue until cooked through and slightly crispy.
Miang Pla Phao is usually served with a spicy and sour dipping sauce, such as Nam Jim, which is made from fish sauce, lime juice, chillies and sugar. This adds an extra layer of flavor to the dish and makes the flavors even more complex.
The fish is stuffed with spices and then grilled over charcoal and smells delicious. A medium-sized fish costs about 150 baht. To do justice to this fish, it is important to know how to eat it.
The fish comes with a whole package of sauce (spicy, sour and sweet sauce), noodles, Chinese cabbage, lettuce and coriander or dill. Once at home you take a little fillet of the fish (skinless and watch out for the bones) put it on a leaf of lettuce, then the noodles, with some Chinese cabbage, dill and sauce.
You fold that whole like a package (see the video) and put it in your mouth. Then you can enjoy Miang Pla Phao with its harmonious flavors. It not only stimulates the taste buds, but is also healthy and full of essential nutrients.
Video: Grilled and salted fish (Miang Pla Phao or pla nin pao)
Watch the video here:
ohhhh delicious, my mouth is watering again.
In March we will come to Thailand again for 2 months and I am already looking forward to those delicious fish that I always enjoy
Delicious. Delicious and even more delicious. That is on our menu every 2 weeks on average and indeed delivered with a complete vegetable garden and delicious sauces. You have to have some skill to get everything into the vegetable bowl, but then the taste is also enormous!!!
it is and remains a tilapia freshwater fish and the earthy taste remains, the sauces do not help with that
Tilapia contains too many omega-6 fatty acids, which are bad for you. The amount is higher than in bacon or burgers.
The fish could cause Alzheimer's.
Most breeders feed the fish with chicken and pig droppings. particularly tasty
Tilapias are loaded with antibiotics and are sometimes genetically engineered to grow faster.
Tilapia could cause cancer: the fish can contain up to 10 times more carcinogens than other types of fish, including dioxin.
enjoy your meal !
I agree with JR. I have always been a fan of it, but unfortunately that basic taste, despite the mix of sauces and lots of pepper (I love it). My fishmonger in Amsterdam, where I eat a herring almost every day, also doesn't have a good word to say about Tilapia and Pangius “I don't eat those filthy fish”. Fortunately, there is often also Red Snapper available, in Thailand, it is a bit more expensive, but then you also have a beautiful fish. Tilapia Is a fish from Africa, an opportunist, a predator, and everything eater. Increasingly common in the wild and becoming a serious pest in the rivers of SE Asia. It is doubtful that farmed fish are full of antibiotics or more carcinogenic substances. Especially in the Netherlands, as the NVWA imposes strict requirements on imported fish. However, if there is no Snapper and we want fish, we will also have Tilapia on the plate, because fish is usually very healthy. (By the way, it is precisely the omega 6 that is good for the heart and blood vessels, Tilapia does have less Omega 3, which makes it a less "healthy" fish than, for example, Herring.