GRILLED SNAPPER FILLETS WITH FENNEL AND ONION SALAD

Ingredients:     1 large red onion, sliced very thin     1 medium white onions, sliced very thin     3 medium spring onions, finely sliced     1 large fennel (about 550g) trimmed and sliced thinly     2 celery sticks, trimmed and sliced thinly     1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley     1/3 cup (80ml) orange juice     1/4 cup (60ml)  EV olive oil     2 cloves garlic, crushed     2 teaspoons sambal oelek     4 x 275g snapper fillets, with skin

How to do:

   Combine onions, fennel, celery and parsley in a bowl.
    Place juice, oil, garlic and sambal oelek in a screw-top
    Jar and shake well.
 
    Cook fish on heated, oiled grill plate (or grill or BBQ)
    Until well browned both sides and cooked as desired.
    Poor half of the dressing over the salad in bowl and
    Toss gently to combine the ingredients.
 
Serving:

    Serve fish placed on salad bed and drizzle with remaining
    Dressing.
    If you like it hot, sprinkle with very fine sliced fresh chillies.
    Baby potatoes, potato salad or French bread to accomplish.
    And a cool fruity Chardonnay.
 
Tip:

    In Panama you can get RED, BLACK or MUTTON SNAPPER.
 
    The most common one is the red snapper. It fries and bakes
    Easily with good flavor and texture.
 
    Black snapper, hard to get, has a more delicate flavor.
    When it's cooked and cooled, it can almost pass for lobster
    In salads and creamy sauces.
 
   If you have problems with raw onions, just cook them shortly
   In a pan, or leave them a few minutes in a slight salted water.
   Or use pickled ones out a jar. But, they loose the bite!