Salt Roasted Fish

Name: Salt Roasted Fish
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black peppercorns; 4 egg whites; 2 X 1 pound fish (snapper, striped bass and branzino all work well) gutted, but with head, tail and scales left in tact; 2 servings thinly sliced garlic, optional; 946 milliliters Kosher salt; 2 servings thinly sliced lemon, optional; 2 servings parsley, optional; 1 small bunch thyme

One serving contains 44 calories, 7g of protein, and 0g of fat. If $1.4 per serving falls in your budget, Salt Roasted Fish might be an awesome gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe to try. This recipe serves 2. Head to the store and pick up parsley, egg whites, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Pulse peppercorns, thyme, parsley and Kosher salt in a food processor until salt is green, about 20 seconds. Beat egg whites until foamy and mix with salt mixture.

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Place a piece of tinfoil twice as large as the fish on the counter and place one cup of salt mixture on foil. Stuff fish with lemon, garlic or parsley (if using).

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Place fish on salt mixture then cover with another cup of salt mixture, leaving head and end of tail exposed; press the salt to adhere to the fish. Repeat with remaining fish and salt mixture. Bunch foil around each fish so that salt and fish are still exposed.

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Transfer to baking sheet and bake until internal temperature of fish reads 140°, about 18 minutes.

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Fish

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To serve, crack salt crust with back of fork, then gently peel off both salt crust and skin.

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Serve with boiled potatoes and leafy vegetables with white wine alongside.

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Servings:

0teaspoons

black peppercorns 4

egg whites 2

X 1 pound fish (snapper, striped bass and branzino all work well) gutted, but with head, tail and scales left in tact 2servings

thinly sliced garlic, optional 946milliliters

Kosher salt 2servings

thinly sliced lemon, optional 2servings

parsley, optional 1small bunch

thyme

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are my top picks for Fish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. One wine you could try is St. Michael-Eppan Anger Pinot Grigio. It has 4.3 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 23 dollars.