Roasted Fish with Thai Pesto

Ingredients

• 1-½-pound whole sea bass, "red snapper":/ingredients/537, or "barramundi":/ingredients/485, gutted and cleaned
• ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• Zest of 1 medium lime
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• 2 teaspoons ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons lemongrass, coarsely chopped
• 1 medium jalapeño, seeded and coarsely chopped
• + 3 more ingredients
• • 3 medium garlic cloves
  • ¼ cup tightly packed fresh mint leaves
  • ¾ cup tightly packed fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems

Heat the oven to 400°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Combine cilantro, mint, garlic, jalapeño, lemongrass, ginger, fish sauce, and lime zest in a food processor and pulse until evenly puréed. With the food processor running, slowly drizzle in 1/4 cup of the peanut oil and process until mixtur...

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