Orange-Crusted Fish with Chermoula Couscous

Orange-Crusted Fish with Chermoula Couscous

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, February 19, 2017.

Chermoula is a traditional in North African cooking when flavouring seafood or fish!


Ingredients

CHERMOULA COUSCOUS

  • 1¼ cups water
  • 1 tablespoon chermoula
  • 1¼ cups couscous
  • 1-2 spring onions

ORANGE-CRUSTED FISH

  • 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • Juice of ½ orange
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons butter, melted
  • 600g fish fillets

CARROT SALAD

  • 2 carrots
  • ½ capsicum
  • ½ bag rocket leaves

YOGHURT DRIZZLE

  • 1 pottle natural yoghurt
  • Juice of ½ orange
  • 2 teaspoons mustard (e.g. Dijon, wholegrain)

Steps

  1. oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Place water and chermoula in a small pot with a pinch of salt and bring to the boil on high heat. Once boiling, turn off heat and add couscous. Stir, cover and leave for 5 minutes before fluffing up grains with a fork. Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine all orange-crusted fish ingredients (except fish) and set aside. Pat fish dry with paper towels and remove any remaining scales and bones. Cut any larger pieces in half and place on prepared tray. Evenly coat with orange crust mixture, pressing down lightly to adhere.
  4. Bake fish for 6-7 minutes, until crust is browned and fish is just cooked through.
  5. While fish is baking, use a vegetable peeler to peel carrots into ribbons. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and finely slice. Add both to a medium bowl, along with rocket and toss with a drizzle of olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. In a small bowl, whisk yoghurt, second measure of orange juice and mustard together until smooth. Season to taste with salt. Finely slice spring onions and toss through steamed couscous. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. Spoon chermoula couscous and carrot salad onto plates and top with orangecrusted fish. Spoon over yoghurt drizzle.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1839 kj
440 kcal
Protein 39.8g
Carbohydrate 50.9g
Fat 8.1g