Fish and Chimichurri Vegetables with Chorizo and Asparagus

Fish and Chimichurri Vegetables with Chorizo and Asparagus

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Gourmet (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, October 29, 2017.

Make sure your fish skin is super dry before adding to a hot pan, this will help give it a crispy skin. Use a spatula or fish slice to gently press down on fish to ensure all skin is touching the pan. If your asparagus is larger than 1cm in diameter, cut in half lengthways.


Ingredients

Chimichurri Vegetables and Fish

  • 400g potatoes, scrubbed and cut into halves or quarters until they are roughly the same size
  • ½ capsicum, core and seeds removed and cut into quarters
  • 300g fish fillets, skin on
  • ½ teaspoon dry chimichurri rub
  • 50g chorizo sausage
  • ½ punnet cherry tomatoes
  • 1 bunch asparagus, woody ends trimmed
  • 1½ teaspoons dry chimichurri rub
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves

To Serve

  • 3 tablespoons chimichurri mayo
  • 2 tablespoons picked mint leaves
  • ½ lemon, cut into wedges

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Toss potatoes and capsicum on tray with a drizzle of oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast for 20 minutes, to start with.
  2. While vegetables cook, pat fish dry with paper towels and remove any remaining scales or bones. Cut any larger fillets in half and score skin at 1cm intervals. Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle first measure of dry chimichurri rub on flesh side. Slice chorizo 1cm on an angle. Set both aside.
  3. When vegetables have roasted for 20 minutes, remove from oven and add chorizo, cherry tomatoes, asparagus and second measure of dry chimichurri rub. Toss lightly and cook for a further 5 minutes, until vegetables are tender and chorizo is golden.
  4. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large (preferably non-stick) fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook fish, skin-sidedown, for 2 minutes, until skin is crispy and golden. Flip and continue cooking a further 1 minute, until just cooked through. Remove from pan and set aside.
  5. When vegetables have finished cooking, remove from oven and add baby spinach to tray. Lightly toss to wilt, coating all veggies in the juices released from the chorizo.
  6. To serve, divide chimichurri mayo between plates and spread out in a circle. Place vegetables on chimichurri mayo but slightly off centre. Top with fish (skin-side-up), sprinkle over mint leaves and serve lemon wedges on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1937 kj
463 kcal
Protein 38.1g
Carbohydrate 33.8g
Fat 18.7g