# Samke Harra

Samke Harra is a Lebanese spicy fish dish featuring branzino stuffed with lemon, drenched in a spicy tahini sauce, and topped with a crunchy fried nut mix.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- beautifully butterfly branzino
- olive oil
- salt
- lemons
- onion
- garlic
- scallion
- Aleppo pepper
- harissa paste
- cilantro
- water
- lemon juice
- tahini
- fried nut mix
- parsley

## Instructions

1. Place the butterfly branzino on a sheet tray with a little bit of olive oil and salt.
2. Stuff the branzino with some lemons, then close it up.
3. Put the fish in the oven to roast off for about 18 to 20 minutes.
4. While the fish is cooking, sauté the onion in some olive oil for the tahini sauce.
5. Add garlic and scallion to the onion and cook together.
6. Add salt, Aleppo pepper, and harissa paste, and let that cook down for a few minutes.
7. Once cooked down, add cilantro and a little bit of water until it wilts.
8. Set the onion mixture off to the side in a bowl.
9. In the same pot, add water, lemon juice, tahini, and salt, and whisk until smooth.
10. Let the tahini mixture cook for about 6 to 7 minutes.
11. Add the onion mixture into the tahini sauce.
12. Once the fish is ready, place it on a platter.
13. Drown the fish in the spicy tahini sauce.
14. Finish with some fried nut mix and some parsley.

## Equipment

- sheet tray
- oven
- pot
- whisk
- platter

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU8nN3RkeXB/?igsh=MTAzdWkxMW5ucXFrbQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/99815417-eb20-424c-8885-bec8fff41899
- Extracted: 2026-02-20

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