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Blackened fish with corn rice
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Blackened fish with corn rice

Fish fillets in a dark, smoky spice crust with buttery corn and pepper rice.

Time 25 min
EffortEasy
Per portionΒ£2.01
Calories513 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • White fish fillets, frozen480 g
  • Basmati rice300 g
  • Sweetcorn (tin)1 tin
  • Peppers1 pepper
  • Spring onions1 bunch
  • Butter30 g
  • Lemons1 lemon

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, dried mixed herbs, paprika, ground cumin, chilli flakes. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Fish, Milk.

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Nutrition per adult portion
513
calories
29g
protein
70g
carbs
13g
fat
3g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

  1. Cook the rice following the pack instructions.300 g basmati rice
  2. Mix 2 teaspoons of paprika, a teaspoon of dried thyme, half a teaspoon of cumin, a pinch of cayenne and half a teaspoon of salt. Pat the fish fillets dry and coat them in the spice mix.480 g white fish fillets, frozen
  3. Melt the butter with a teaspoon of oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Cook the fish for 3 minutes on each side, until dark and crusted outside and flaking in the middle.30 g butter
  4. Dice the pepper and slice the spring onions. Stir them into the hot rice with the drained sweetcorn.1 tin sweetcorn1 pepper1 bunch spring onions
  5. Serve the fish on the rice with lemon wedges to squeeze over.1 lemon
The trick that makes it

Get the pan very hot before the fish goes in, and do not move it until it is time to turn.

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