Recipe: Perfect John Dory Sambal Matah

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Recipe: Perfect John Dory Sambal Matah Delicious, fresh and tasty.

John Dory Sambal Matah. Great recipe for John Dory Sambal Matah. I love Balinesse sambal matah because of the freshness of the ingredients and the sour combination with the spiciness from the chilipadi. You can combined anything with sambal matah, you can add grilled chicken breast, grilled beef tenderloin or even.

For that reason, I decided to deep-fried the john dory fillets in crispy batter to keep it as light as possible.

John Dory Sambal Matah I love Balinesse sambal matah because of the freshness of the ingredients and the sour combination with the spiciness from the chilipadi.

You can combined anything with sambal matah, you can add grilled chicken breast, grilled beef tenderloin or even pork.

You can have John Dory Sambal Matah using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of John Dory Sambal Matah

  1. Prepare of John Dory.

  2. It’s of Himalayan Seasalt.

  3. Prepare of Sugar.

  4. It’s of Blackpepper.

  5. You need of Shallot.

  6. It’s of Garlic (slice & crush).

  7. Prepare of Lemongrass.

  8. Prepare of Chilipadi.

  9. Prepare of Olive oil.

  10. It’s of Lime Leave.

So, this is my pan seared dory with sambal matah recipe.

Pan Seared Dory with Balinese Sambal Matah.

So so sooo gewd, it was beyond my expectation.

In Bali, sambal matah is commonly served with seafood, chicken, and roasted pork.

John Dory Sambal Matah step by step

  1. Marinate your john dory fish with crushed garlic, himalayan seasalt, and blackpepper put aside for a couple minutes.

  2. Heat the pan and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil (you can use vegetable oil, canola oil, butter. As long as you add no more than 1 tablespoon) then add the john dory to the pan and pan-fried the dory untill cooked both side.

  3. On the bowl slice the other ingredients and mixed well to the lemon juice.

  4. Add seasalt, sugar and blackpepper to taste.

Check out also my Crispy Dory Fillets with Sambal Matah recipe.

Nonetheless, sambal matah has been gaining popularity lately and people have experimented a lot by fusing it with other type of food like pizza, spaghetti, and noodle.

Sambal is an Indonesian chili sauce or paste typically made from a mixture of a variety of chili peppers with secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice.

Sambal is an Indonesian loan-word of Javanese origin (sambel).

It is native to the cuisines of Indonesia, and popular in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Brunei and Singapore.