Whole Roasted Fish In A Salt Coffin

• 1 lemon, sliced
• 2 sprigs lemon thyme
• 1 (4 pound) striped bass, cleaned and scaled
• 4 pounds kosher salt
• 2 egg whites

1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
2. Insert lemon and lemon thyme into the cavity of the fish.
3. Mix salt and egg whites together in a large bowl.
4. Spread 1/2 the salt mixture on a large baking sheet. Lay fish on top. Pour remaining salt mixture on top. Pack down tightly so fish is sealed in salt.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake fish in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted through the salt and into the fish reads 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), 15 to 20 minutes.
6. Cool fish for 2 minutes. Crack the salt coffin with a wooden spoon. Peel away the salt and discard. Transfer fish to a serving dish using 2 spatulas.

lemon, thyme, bass, kosher salt, egg whites

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/259366/whole-roasted-fish-in-a-salt-coffin/ (may not work)