Lemon Fish with Puree of Sweet Peas
Recipe Type: Entree
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Serves: 4
The combination of lemon flavored fish, with the sweet peas in this recipe is a delicious, and healthy way to have a complete meal in just 25 minutes from start to finish. It is very easy to prepare and good enough for special occasions. The peas are a great alternative to rice, and adds extra nutrition and flavor. Preheat oven to 400 and prepare ingredients.
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 1½ lb snapper filets (thick cut)
- 3 TBS finely minced lemon rind
- 4 TBS fresh lemon juice
- 3 TBS chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ tsp salt
- pinch cayenne
- Pureed Peas
- 1 medium onion coarsely chopped
- 4 medium cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- 3 + 1 TBS chicken or vegetable broth
- 15oz frozen sweet peas
- 4 TBS ground sunflower seeds
- salt and white pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix together minced lemon rind, lemon juice, chopped parsley, salt and cayenne. Rub snapper filets generously with mixture and place in baking dish. Place fish in oven and bake for about 10-15 minutes.
- While fish is baking, heat 1 TBS broth in a 10 inch stainless steel skillet.
- Healthy Sauté onion in broth over medium heat for about 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until translucent. Add garlic and continue to sauté for another minute. Add rest of broth, peas, sunflower seeds, salt and pepper, and heat for about 3 minutes.
- Puree peas in blender, scraping the sides with a rubber spatula from time to time to mix well.
- Serve snapper with peas. If there is a little juice in the fish pan you can drizzle it over the fish and peas.