Fish Fillets with Jade Sauce

by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine

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Fish Fillets with Jade Sauce
Prep and Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
1
cup uncooked rice

2
cups (1/2 bunch) fresh spinach leaves, washed and drained

1/4
cup lemon juice, divided

2
cloves garlic, chopped

2
teaspoons dried tarragon

2
teaspoons Dijon mustard

3/4
teaspoon salt, divided

1/2
teaspoon black pepper, divided

1/3
cup vegetable oil

1
pound fish fillets (4 medium pieces), such as snapper, sole or turbot

1
tablespoon butter, cubed



Preparation:
1.
Cook rice according to package directions. Preheat broiler.

2.
While rice is cooking, place spinach, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, garlic, tarragon, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in blender container; blend until smooth. With blender running, add oil in a steady stream.

3.
Place fish on broiler pan. Sprinkle fish with butter cubes, remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Broil fish 4 to 6 minutes or until fish begins to flake when tested with fork.

4.
Arrange fish fillets on rice and spoon sauce over fish.


For a special touch, stir chopped yellow bell pepper into rice before serving.

Nutritional Information:
Serving Size:
Sodium 538 mg
Protein 28 g
Fiber 1 g
Carbohydrate 41 g
Cholesterol 49 mg
Total Fat 23 g
Calories 485
Dietary Exchange:
Fat 3
Meat 3
Starch 2-1/2


This recipe appears in: Fish