Cajun-Style Blackened Fish

Cajun-Style Blackened Fish

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, October 8, 2017.

with veggie-packed rice and mango yoghurt


Ingredients

VEGGIE-PACKED RICE

  • ¾ cup brown rice
  • 1 cup chicken or vegetable stock
  • Zest of ½ lemon
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 head broccoli
  • 250g frozen corn
  • 1 capsicum
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves
  • ¼ cup mixed parsley, coriander and mint leaves
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar (e.g. white wine, red wine, apple cider)
  • Juice of ½ lemon

CAJUN-STYLE BLACKENED FISH

  • 600g fish fillets
  • 1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix
  • 3 teaspoons oil, for cooking

MANGO YOGHURT

  • 150g natural yoghurt
  • 2 tablespoons mango coconut sauce

TO SERVE

  • ½ lemon, cut into wedges

Steps

  1. Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil. Combine rice, stock, lemon zest, garlic and salt in a small pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  2. While rice is cooking, pat fish dry with paper towels, remove any remaining scales or bones and cut any larger fillets in half. Season both sides with salt and coat in Cajun spice mix. Set aside.
  3. Dice broccoli florets and stalk 2cm. Add broccoli and corn to pot of boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes, until tender. Drain well.
  4. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and dice 1cm. Roughly chop spinach and herbs. Place all in a large bowl. In a small bowl, mix together yoghurt and mango coconut sauce and season to taste with salt. Set aside.
  5. When rice has about 5 minutes steam time remaining, heat half the oil in a large (preferably non-stick) fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook fish, in two batches, for 1-2 minutes each side, until just cooked through. Use remaining oil for second batch.
  6. Fluff up cooked rice with a fork and add to bowl with veggies, along with broccoli and corn. Stir through vinegar and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. spoon veggie-packed rice onto plates. Top with Cajun-style blackened fish and a dollop of mango yoghurt. Squeeze over a lemon wedge just before eating.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1792 kj
428 kcal
Protein 42.0g
Carbohydrate 46.2g
Fat 7.1g