Pepes Ikan (Indonesian Steamed Fish)

Name: Pepes Ikan (Indonesian Steamed Fish)
Cook time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ikan Pepes, Carp fish in spice paste ? Photo by Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cuisine of Indonesia Pepes is cooking method of steaming the ingredients (fish, chicken, tofu, or mushroom) wrapped in banana leaves until it becomes tender, then grilling the packets. In this recipe any fresh water fish or salt water fish can be used as substitute. In restaurants serving West Java cuisine, where Ikan Pepes is always on the menu, the use of carp fish is very common.

Cooking time: 60 minutes
Servings: 4

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