Warm Cured-Cod Salad with Orange and Basil

Name: Warm Cured-Cod Salad with Orange and Basil
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters basil leaves; 1 Tbsp coarse sea salt; 454 grams center-cut skinless cod fillet; 1 smalls green bell pepper, minced; 946 milliliters ounces mesclun; 4 mediums navel oranges; 6 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 smalls red bell pepper, minced; 8 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced

Need a gluten free, dairy free, and primal side dish? Warm Cured-Cod Salad with Orange and Basil could be an outstanding recipe to try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 12g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 194 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have mesclun, olive oil, center-cut cod fillet, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Put the cod in a shallow baking dish and pat the sea salt all over it. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

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Sea Salt

Cod

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Baking Pan

Meanwhile, peel the oranges with a sharp knife, removing all the bitter white pith. Working over a bowl, cut in between the membranes to release the orange sections into the bowl. Squeeze the juice from the membranes into the bowl.

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Orange Slices

Orange

Juice

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Knife

Bowl

Transfer 1/4 cup of juice to a bowl. Stir in 2 tablespoons of oil. Season the dressing with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Juice

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Drain the orange sections; discard any remaining juice.

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Orange Slices

Juice

Rinse the cod thoroughly under cold water and pat dry. In a skillet, heat the remaining 1/4 cup of oil.

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Water

Cod

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the cod and cook over moderately low heat, turning once and shaking the pan to prevent sticking, until the cod is just cooked through and starts to separate into large flakes, 10 minutes.

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Cod

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a plate.

In a large bowl, combine the mesclun and basil leaves and toss with 2 tablespoons of the dressing.

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Fresh Basil

Mesclun

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Bowl

Transfer to plates and top with the orange sections and cod, separating the flakes slightly. Scatter the onion and red and green bell peppers over the salads, drizzle with the remaining dressing and serve.

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Green Pepper