{"id":715,"date":"2025-10-13T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/?p=715"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:49:27","slug":"citrus-crusted-white-snapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/citrus-crusted-white-snapper\/","title":{"rendered":"Citrus Crusted White Snapper \u2013 Sala Bua Restaurant, Patong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Citrus Crusted White Snapper and Pan-Seared Shiitake Polenta with Lemongrass Cream<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Chef George Newling-Ward, Sala Bua Restaurant \u2013 Impiana Resort Patong<\/em><\/p>\n

At Sala Bua Restaurant<\/a><\/strong> inside Impiana Resort Patong, Chef George Newling-Ward pairs coastal Thai freshness with classical technique. His Citrus Crusted White Snapper<\/em> balances crisp texture and bright aromatics, finished with lemongrass cream and pan-seared shiitake polenta for a refined yet approachable dish.<\/p>\n

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White Snapper Fillet<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ingredients<\/strong>
1 white snapper fillet
Spring onions
Cherry tomatoes
Zest of lemon and lime
Chopped parsley
5 ml olive oil<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong>
Mix breadcrumbs, citrus zest, and olive oil. Cut the fillet into three slices, season, and coat in breadcrumbs. Bake at 180\u00b0C (360\u00b0F) for 5\u20136 minutes until golden brown.<\/p>\n

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Lemongrass Cream<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ingredients<\/strong>
1 cup cooking cream
1 lemongrass stalk
1 shallot
Salt and pepper
Sugar
1 cup water<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong>
Chop lemongrass and simmer 20 minutes to infuse. Strain and reduce to \u2153 cup. Add sliced shallot and cream; reduce slowly until thick. Season with sugar, salt, and pepper.<\/p>\n

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Shiitake Polenta<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ingredients<\/strong>
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cups water
\u00bd tbsp salt
\u00bd cup polenta
1 tbsp butter
10 g shiitake mushrooms
1 small shallot
1 garlic clove
2 tbsp cream<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong>
Saut\u00e9 minced shallot and garlic in olive oil, add sliced shiitake and cook 30 seconds. Pour in water, salt, and cream; bring to a boil. Whisk in polenta and stir until thick. Finish with butter. Spread into a tin to set, cut into triangles, and sear until crispy. Saut\u00e9 green onions and tomatoes for garnish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citrus Crusted White Snapper and Pan-Seared Shiitake Polenta with Lemongrass Cream by Chef George Newling-Ward, Sala Bua Restaurant \u2013 Impiana Resort Patong At Sala Bua Restaurant inside Impiana Resort Patong, Chef George Newling-Ward pairs coastal Thai freshness with classical technique. His Citrus Crusted White Snapper balances crisp texture and bright aromatics, finished with lemongrass cream […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[156,91,155,158,98,73,154,12,157],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-chef-george-newling-ward","tag-fine-dining","tag-impiana-resort-patong","tag-lemongrass-cream","tag-phuket-restaurants","tag-recipes","tag-sala-bua-restaurant","tag-seafood","tag-white-snapper"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}