Pan-Cooked Asparagus and Mixed Fish

Name: Pan-Cooked Asparagus and Mixed Fish
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 mediums asparagus spears, woody ends removed; 1 small handful fennel tops; 1 lemon, juiced; 2 servings Olive oil; 2 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 1 fresh red chile, deseeded and chopped; 2 smalls red mullet or snapper fillets, scaled and pin-boned; 2 to 4 freshly shelled scallops, cleaned and scored in a crisscross fashion; 1 fillet royal porgy fillet or sea bass fillet, scaled, pin-boned and cut in 1/2; 2 servings Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 smalls squid, gutted and cleaned, tentacles trimmed and reserved; 1 small handful thyme tips

Pan-Cooked Asparagus and Mixed Fish is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal main course. This recipe makes 2 servings with 540 calories, 54g of protein, and 33g of fat each. This recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sea bass, fennel tops, juice of lemon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Get a really large frying pan, or 2 smaller ones, on the heat and add a glug of olive oil. Score the skin of your fish fillets all over, about 1/2-inch deep, and season.

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Fish Fillets

Olive Oil

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Put the fish fillets into the pan, skin side down, with the squid tentacles.

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Fish Fillets

Squid

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Add the scallops. Run your knife down 1 side of each squid to open them out, then quickly and lightly score the inside in a crisscross fashion.

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Scallops

Squid

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Knife

Lay them in the pan, scored side down.

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Add the asparagus and gently shake the pan. Cook for a few minutes, then turn everything over and cook on the other side.

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Asparagus

Shake

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Sprinkle over the thyme tips.

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Thyme

You're the one in control of the pan, so if something looks cooked, take it out and keep it warm. Don't watch things burn! When the fish has crispy skin, the scallops are golden brown with caramelized edges and the squid has curled up and is nicely charred, remove the pan from the heat.

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Scallops

Squid

Fish

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Put the squid on a chopping board and roughly slice it into pieces at an angle, then return to the pan.

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Squid

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Cutting Board

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Lay the fish fillets on each plate. Toss the asparagus, scallops and squid with half the chile, a good drizzle of good quality extra-virgin olive oil and the lemon juice. Lightly season and mix together. Divide on top of the plated fish.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Fish

Lemon Juice