Harissa Baked Fish With Bulgur Wheat
Ingredients
- 2 tomatoes, quartered
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 2cm chunks
- cooking oil spray
- ½ cup bulgur wheat
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
- 1 lemon
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons roughly chopped coriander
- 2 x 200g skinless white fish fillets, such as cod or haddock
- 2 teaspoon harissa paste
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup broccoli, cut into florets
- 2 tablespoon low fat plain yoghurt, to serve
Preparation
- preheat the oven to 220°c. place the tomatoes and pepper in a small roasting tin, spray with a little oil, season with black pepper and bake for 15 minutes.
- meanwhile, cook the bulgur wheat in a small pan of boiling water for five minutes, then drain well in a sieve.
- toast the pine nuts in a small pan over a medium heat, turning regularly, until lightly browned.
- cut the lemon in half and cut four thin slices from one half. squeeze the juice from the other half.
- take the vegetables out of the oven. add the bulgur wheat, spring onions, pine nuts, two heaped tablespoons of coriander and lemon juice (reserve a little lemon juice to serve). season with lots of black pepper and toss lightly.
- make two gaps in the bulgur mixture and nestle the fish into them.
- season the fish to taste, spread with the harissa paste and top with lemon slices. bake for 15 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked.
- steam the broccoli until cooked to your liking.
- divide the fish and bulgur mixture between two plates and scatter with the remaining coriander. squeeze over the rest of the lemon juice. add broccoli to the plates and serve with yoghurt.
Nutrition Profile
GI: 55 (Medium)
480
Calories
50g
Carbs
55g
Protein
10g
Fat
* Estimated per serving. Values may vary based on exact brands used.
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