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[eclecticsynergy]

Tequila Lime Chicken - from Ina Garten.
Great summertime dish!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/i...ipe/index.html

[Rozzer]

Uglifruit and Coconut-Crusted Cod

Ingredients:

1-2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
3-4 spring onions, chopped
2 plantains, peeled, chopped into large chunks
½ can coconut milk
few handfuls desiccated coconut
1 ugli fruit
2 thick fillets of cod, skin removed
2 handfuls spinach
pinches freshly grated nutmeg

Method:

1. Heat one tablespoon of the oil and half of the butter in a large pan, then add the spring onions and sweat over a medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes.

2. Add the plantain and cook for a further 2-3 minutes, or until softened slightly, then stir in the coconut milk. Simmer gently for a further 4-5 minutes, or until the plantain is very soft. Using a stick blender, blend the mixture to a smooth puree. Set aside and keep warm.

3. Mix the dessicated coconut with some zest of the ugli fruit and season with some salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spread the mixture out on a plate.

4. Rub some olive oil over the fish fillets, then roll in the coconut mixture to coat all over.

5. Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan along with a splash of oil. Add the fish and fry for 1-2 minutes on all sides, or until golden-brown all over and cooked through.

6. Meanwhile, heat some more oil in a separate pan and add the spinach leaves, nutmeg and a squeeze of ugli fruit juice. Cook for 1-2 minutes, or until the spinach has wilted.

7. To serve, spoon the plantain puree onto one side of the plates and arrange the spinach alongside. Place the fish fillet on top. Roughly chop a few segments of ugli fruit flesh and scatter over the fish.

[K. Slink]

This recipe sounds very tasty indeed, but I do have one question--do you really use three separate pans to make it?

[Rozzer]

Do I detect a raised eyebrow? A certain je-ne-sais-quoi of disbelief?

[K. Slink]

Since I'm chief cook and bottle washer around here I'm a big fan of minimizing pot and pan usage, "recycling" them as much as possible in the cooking process. I'd rather perform any other cleaning task than wash dishes--UGH!!! My fantasy kitchen would have biodegradable EVERYTHING in it.....

[Rozzer]

Since I'm chief cook and bottle washer around here I'm a big fan of minimizing pot and pan usage, "recycling" them as much as possible in the cooking process. I'd rather perform any other cleaning task than wash dishes--UGH!!! My fantasy kitchen would have biodegradable EVERYTHING in it.....

Well, there are different views. Since I started getting arthritis in my hands, washing pots and dishes in very hot water has become a real treat for me. The only time the pain goes away. I keep checking the sink to see if my wife has put anything in there that needs to be cleaned. And if so I clean it. We do have a very nice dishwasher that has all kinds of cycles but she doesn't like to do pots and pans in there.

[K. Slink]

I wish you lived next door, I'd cook for you every day if I didn't have to clean it up afterwards!!!