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Spanish fish

  • Hands-on time: 5 mins
  • Time to make: 15 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 ½ cups instant couscous
    • 2 cups boiling water plus
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 1 red onion, finely sliced
    • 400g can chopped tomatoes, in juice
    • ½ cup pitted black olives
    • 4 cups firmly packed fresh spinach or silver beet (leaves)
    • 4 medium-textured fresh or frozen fish fillets, scales and bones removed
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a medium-sized bowl drizzle 1 tablespoon oil over couscous. Pour over 1 1/2 cups boiling water, stir then cover. Set aside.

    2 Meanwhile, to make sauce, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan. Gently cook onion for 2-3 minutes until soft. Add tomatoes and olives. Simmer for 2-3 minutes over a medium heat. Add spinach to pan and cover with lid. Increase the heat and cook for 1-2 minutes until spinach has wilted.

    3 Place fish in frying pan with sauce. Cover with lid and simmer gently in sauce for 1-2 minutes on each side. If using frozen fish allow 3-4 minutes on each side.

    4 Fluff couscous with a fork to separate grains and divide among four plates. Top with a fish fillet and sauce.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use brown rice instead of couscous.

    HFG tip

    Medium-textured fish types are easily found at your local fish shop. Try tarakihi, snapper, gurnard or blue cod in this recipe.

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