
Pan-fried fish with salsa verde
The Heritage Hotel have kindly supplied this recipe for a truly great pan-roasted fish dish that features on their children's menu.

SERVES4
TIME TO MAKE45 - 1 hour
MEAL TYPEDinner
TIME TO MAKE45 - 1 hour
MEAL TYPEDinner
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Method
Salsa verde
- Place herbs, garlic, capers and gherkins on a chopping board and chop until fine
- Scrape off chopping board and transfer to a mixing bowl
- Mix in mustard and olive oil
Quinoa salad
- Wash quinoa and place in a pot with the stock
- Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Do not stir as it will cook unevenly
- When cooked, remove from heat and mix in red onion, capsicum, parsley, coriander and avocado oil
Fish
- Heat a frying pan over a hot heat
- Cook fish until golden brown on both sides
Serve fish alongside quinoa salad, salsa verde and avocado
- Salsa verde
- 10 gparsley
- 1 clovegarlic
- 1 1/2 tbspcapers
- 1gherkin
- 1 tbspDijon mustard
- 2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- Quinoa salad
- 100 gquinoa
- 220 mlvegetable stock
- 2 tbspred onion, finely diced
- 2 tbspcapsicum, finely diced
- 2 tbspparsley, finely chopped
- 2 tbspcoriander, finely chopped
- 20 mlavocado oil
- Fish
- 400 gfish fillets
- 2 tbspolive oil
- To serve
- 1avocado, sliced
Per serve
- Energy1117kJ
- Total Fat17.7g
- Saturated Fat2.6g
- Total Carbohydrate23.4g
- Sugars2.9g
- Dietary Fibre2.8g
- Sodium130mg
Method
Salsa verde
- Place herbs, garlic, capers and gherkins on a chopping board and chop until fine
- Scrape off chopping board and transfer to a mixing bowl
- Mix in mustard and olive oil
Quinoa salad
- Wash quinoa and place in a pot with the stock
- Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Do not stir as it will cook unevenly
- When cooked, remove from heat and mix in red onion, capsicum, parsley, coriander and avocado oil
Fish
- Heat a frying pan over a hot heat
- Cook fish until golden brown on both sides
Serve fish alongside quinoa salad, salsa verde and avocado
Ingredients
- Salsa verde
- 10 gparsley
- 1 clovegarlic
- 1 1/2 tbspcapers
- 1gherkin
- 1 tbspDijon mustard
- 2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- Quinoa salad
- 100 gquinoa
- 220 mlvegetable stock
- 2 tbspred onion, finely diced
- 2 tbspcapsicum, finely diced
- 2 tbspparsley, finely chopped
- 2 tbspcoriander, finely chopped
- 20 mlavocado oil
- Fish
- 400 gfish fillets
- 2 tbspolive oil
- To serve
- 1avocado, sliced
Ingredients
- Salsa verde
- 10 gparsley
- 1 clovegarlic
- 1 1/2 tbspcapers
- 1gherkin
- 1 tbspDijon mustard
- 2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- Quinoa salad
- 100 gquinoa
- 220 mlvegetable stock
- 2 tbspred onion, finely diced
- 2 tbspcapsicum, finely diced
- 2 tbspparsley, finely chopped
- 2 tbspcoriander, finely chopped
- 20 mlavocado oil
- Fish
- 400 gfish fillets
- 2 tbspolive oil
- To serve
- 1avocado, sliced
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy1117kJ
- Total Fat17.7g
- Saturated Fat2.6g
- Total Carbohydrate23.4g
- Sugars2.9g
- Dietary Fibre2.8g
- Sodium130mg
Method
Salsa verde
- Place herbs, garlic, capers and gherkins on a chopping board and chop until fine
- Scrape off chopping board and transfer to a mixing bowl
- Mix in mustard and olive oil
Quinoa salad
- Wash quinoa and place in a pot with the stock
- Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Do not stir as it will cook unevenly
- When cooked, remove from heat and mix in red onion, capsicum, parsley, coriander and avocado oil
Fish
- Heat a frying pan over a hot heat
- Cook fish until golden brown on both sides
Serve fish alongside quinoa salad, salsa verde and avocado
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