Pan-Fried Fish with Pea and Lemon Risotto

Pan-Fried Fish with Pea and Lemon Risotto

Ready in 45 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, September 6, 2015.

Pan-fried fresh fish fillets served with creamy pea and lemon risotto.


Ingredients

PEA AND LEMON RISOTTO

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 capsicum, core and seeds removed, diced 1cm
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 1/4 cups risotto rice
  • 4 1/2 cups chicken stock (if using stock cubes, only use 4)
  • 2 cups frozen peas, defrosted
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 125g sour cream

PAN-FRIED FISH

  • 450g fish fillets
  • 1/4 cup flour seasoned with 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, to serve

Steps

  1. Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-based, pot on medium heat and cook onion, capsicum and garlic for 3 minutes, until onion is soft. Add rice, stir and cook for 1–2 minutes, until rice is translucent.
  2. Add one cup of stock and stir regularly. Don’t add next cup of stock until all the liquid from the first cup has been absorbed (about 4 minutes), stirring often. Repeat until all stock has been added, this process will take about 20 minutes or until rice is tender. The texture should be the consistency of porridge. If it is too dry, add a little more stock and if it is too wet, cook it a little longer. Gently stir through peas, lemon zest and juice, parsley and sour cream and turn off heat. Cover with a lid and keep warm while you cook the fish.
  3. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan (preferably non-stick) on medium to high heat. Pat fish dry with paper towels and remove any remaining scales or bones. Dust in seasoned flour, shaking off excess. Fry fish, in batches, for 1–2 minutes each side until just cooked through.
  4. Spoon risotto onto plates and top with a piece of fish. Sprinkle with a little parsley to garnish.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1983 kj
474 kcal
Protein 30.0g
Carbohydrate 53.2g
Fat 14.3g