I'm having a pretty lazy week in the kitchen and decided on doing another quick and easy dinner. Between starting the new school year and all the Yomtovim there seems to be very little time for anything else.
This fish dinner is really easy and quick. We have it with couscous and sweetcorn, which means the whole meal start to finish takes 7 mins!!! Try it if you don't believe me.
Ingredients
Lightly smoked salmon fillets (you can use regular fillets, if you prefer)
Corn on the cob
Black pepper
Lemon juice
Couscous
Stock
Butter
Rudi taught me the simplest and most effective way of making corn on the cob. Butter a piece of greaseproof paper and sprinkle with black pepper. Twist around the corn so it looks like a xmas cracker and microwave for 7 mins. You need to wrap each corn individually for the best results, if you are only doing one corn then micro for 5 mins.
For the fish heat a non stick pan with a little bit of butter
Squeeze the lemon juice over the fish and a light sprinkle of pepper
When the pan is very hot sear(fry in a very hot pan) your fish fillets, you might want to turn the pan down slightly at this point so the fish doesn't burn.
Keep and eye on the fish, it only needs a few minutes on each side.
Remember to cook with the kitchen door closed and the window open. Even though it this dinner doesn't create that stinky fried fish smell as it is so quick, you don't want to take any chances!
The fish should form a hard crust on the outside and be just cooked inside.
In the meantime boil the kettle to make up some stock, you can use any that you fancy, we like the parve chicken stock for this as it has a distinct flavour, but is not too over powering.
Place your raw couscous in a bowl or oven dish and pour over the stock. Leave to stand for about 5 min, then fluff up and serve. Couscous doubles in size so beware when you are pouring it out the pack. The water/couscous ratio is about 2:1, but the instructions are on the pack.
Hey presto a quick and easy dinner in 7 minutes.
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