Fish Fillets With Lemon Turmeric Sauce
Updated Oct. 11, 2023
- Total Time
- 15 minutes
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4fish fillets (turbot, sole, flounder or red snapper)
- 16asparagus spears
- 2shallots
- 2tablespoons unsalted butter
- ¾ to 1cup heavy cream
- 1teaspoon turmeric
- Juice ½ lemon
- Coarse salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
- 2tablespoons blanched chopped lemon rind
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
380 calories; 27 grams fat; 16 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 7 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 11 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 5 grams sugars; 27 grams protein; 658 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Slice the fish fillets into pieces about two-and-a-half inches by one-and-a-half inches (four pieces per fillet).
- Step 2
Steam the asparagus. While it is cooking, soften the shallots in the butter. Saute the fillets a few at a time, so that they are barely cooked. Do not break when you remove them with a slotted spoon. Keep warm in a very low oven.
- Step 3
Drain the asparagus spears and keep warm.
- Step 4
Add the cream, turmeric and lemon juice to the pan in which you have sauteed the fish fillets. Bring to a boil. Add any juices that have collected under the fish fillets. Simmer until thickened, stirring, season with salt and pepper and add the lemon peel. Arrange the fillets on individual plates. Pour the sauce on top, garnish with asparagus and serve.
- This is good with boiled new potatoes sprinkled with fresh thyme.
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Comments
I used fresh trout filets, added less cream and twice as much lemon. Also some cayenne. Served over grits. Delicious.
Easy, healthy, tasty. Followed the recipe using rock fish. Added some diced preserved lemon in leu of blanched lemon. Will make this again.
Inspired by the NYT Pete Wells review of Fulton, we sought out a fish recipe with turmeric-lemon sauce. Found this, had asparagus and fish in the freezer, cream in the fridge. Perfect. It is really, really good. I’ll remember the sauce for asparagus. Quick and easy, too.
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