Lemon Seasoned Fish and Bulgur Salad with Caper Dressing

Lemon Seasoned Fish and Bulgur Salad with Caper Dressing

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, October 23, 2016.

Bulgur is a kind of dried cracked wheat.


Ingredients

BULGUR SALAD

  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • 1/3 cup water
  • ½ cup bulgur wheat
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 cup frozen corn, defrosted
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves OR mesclun leaves
  • 1½ teaspoons oil
  • 1½ teaspoons vinegar (e.g. red wine, white wine, cider)

LEMON FISH

  • 300g fish fillets
  • Zest of ½ lemon
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon oil

CAPER DRESSING

  • 15g capers
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1½ tablespoons roughly chopped parsley leaves and stalks

Steps

  1. Bring stock, water and a pinch of salt to the boil in a small pot (with a lid) on high heat. Once boiling, turn off heat and add bulgur. Stir, cover and leave for 18–20 minutes, until grains are tender.
  2. Peel courgette into long ribbons, stopping when you reach the core (discard core and seeds). Set aside in a bowl with corn and spinach/mesclun leaves. Pat fish dry, remove any remaining scales or bones and cut any larger fillets in half. Season with pepper and toss in a bowl with lemon zest, flour and salt.
  3. Heat oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook fish for 1–2 minutes each side, until just cooked through. Set aside, covered with foil, to keep warm.
  4. While fish cooks, roughly chop capers. Add to a small bowl with remaining caper dressing ingredients. Season to taste with salt and pepper and mix to combine. Set aside.
  5. Fluff up cooked bulgur grains with a fork and add to bowl with salad ingredients. Add oil and vinegar, season to taste with salt and pepper and toss to combine.
  6. divide bulgur salad between plates and top with lemon fish. Drizzle over caper dressing.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1762 kj
421 kcal
Protein 31.8g
Carbohydrate 34.1g
Fat 15.8g