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Steamed Cod Fillet on Bed of Spinach with Sauce and Red Basmati Rice

5 from 2 votes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
 

Steamed cod fillet on a bed of spinach:

  • 450 g Cod fillet TK
  • 350 g Fresh spinach / cleaned approx. 200 g
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 Large, red chilli pepper
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 2 Pieces Ginger each the size of a walnut
  • 1 Lemon
  • 1 tbsp Sunflower oil

Sauce:

  • 2 tbsp Sweet soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Dark soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Brown sugar
  • 2 big pinches Coarse sea salt from the mill
  • 2 big pinches Colorful pepper from the mill

Red basmati rice:

  • 100 g Basmati rice
  • 0,5 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Beetroot juice
  • 1 Small tuber of pre-cooked beetroot
  • 2 tbsp Tomato ketchup

Instructions
 

Steamed cod fillet on a bed of spinach:

  • Let the cod fillet thaw in time, wash, pat dry with kitchen paper, divide into 6 parts and drizzle with lemon juice. Clean the spinach, remove the stalks, wash the leaves carefully, drain well and blanch in boiling salted water (1 teaspoon salt) for about 1 minute and remove. Clean / core the chilli pepper, wash and finely dice. Peel 1 clove of garlic and pieces of ginger and finely dice each one. Brush the bamboo steamer basket vigorously with sunflower oil (1 tbsp) and distribute the spinach in it. Spread half of the chilli pepper cubes and garlic clove cubes on top, place the cod fillet pieces on top and sprinkle with the remaining chilli pepper cubes and garlic clove cubes. Add 500 ml of water with a clove of garlic, a piece of ginger and a piece of lemon to the wok and bring to the boil. Put in the steamer insert and cover and let cook / steam for approx. 6 - 8 minutes.

Sauce:

  • Make sweet soy sauce (2 tbsp), dark soy sauce (2 tbsp), olive oil (2 tbsp), lemon juice (1 tbsp), brown sugar (1 tsp), coarse sea salt from the mill (2 big pinches) and colored pepper Mix a sauce in the mill (2 big pinches).

Red basmati rice:

  • Bring basmati rice in salted water (½ teaspoon salt with beetroot juice (1 teaspoon) to the boil, turn back to the lowest setting and let cook for about 20 minutes. Add tomato ketchup (2 tbsp) and very finely chopped beetroot and mix / mix everything well.

Serve:

  • Squeeze rice into a cup and turn it onto the respective plate. Add the steamed cod fillet on a bed of spinach and serve drizzled with the sauce.
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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