Jamaican Jerk Fish with Coconut Rice & Pineapple Salsa

Jamaican Jerk Fish with Coconut Rice & Pineapple Salsa

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, April 5, 2020.

Ingredients

Rice

  • 1 cup jasmine rice
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • 50g baby spinach, roughly chopped

Fish

  • 300g market fish
  • 6g jerk spices

Salsa

  • 110g pineapple, drained & roughly chopped
  • 1/2 capsicum, diced 1cm
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced 1cm
  • 1/2 red onion, finely diced
  • Juice of 1/2 lime

Jerk Mayo

  • 1/2 Tbsp jerk sauce
  • 2 Tbsp mayo

To Serve

  • 1/2 lime, cut into wedges
  • Remaining jerk sauce
  • Pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

Steps

  1. Cook rice. Combine rice, water, coconut cream and a pinch of salt in a pot and bring to the boil. Once boiling, stir, cover with a lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and steam, covered, for 10 more minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking. Prep spinach.
  2. Prep fish. Pat fish dry and remove any remaining scales or bones. Cut any larger fillets in half. Toss with jerk spices and a drizzle of oil and season with salt.
  3. Prep salsa & jerk mayo. Add all salsa ingredients to a bowl along with a drizzle of oil and vinegar. Toss to combine and season to taste. In a small bowl, combine first measure of jerk sauce and mayo.
  4. Cook fish. When rice has about 6 minutes cook time remaining, heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on medium heat. Cook fish for 2-3 minutes each side (depending on thickness), until just cooked through.
  5. To finish. Stir spinach through cooked rice. Prep lime for serving.
  6. Serve rice with fish, salsa, jerk mayo, lime, remaining jerk sauce and chilli flakes.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2048 kj
489 kcal
Protein 36.9g
Carbohydrate 52.4g
Fat 14.4g