Put the wow factor into your cooking with this yummy recipe for ginger roast cod with sesame-dressed salad.
Ingredients
- 4 x 150g thick, skinless, line-caught cod or haddock fillets
- Oil, for greasing
- 5cm piece fresh ginger, grated
- 1 large red chilli, deseeded and sliced
- Bunch of spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced
- Juice of 1 large lime
For the salad
- 50g baby spinach leaves
- 1 each red and yellow peppers, deseeded and finely sliced
- 100g mangetout, finely shredded
- 75g beansprouts
- Handful fresh coriander leaves, torn
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
- For the dressing
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/fan200°C/gas 7. Place the cod in a large oiled roasting tin. Combine the ginger, chilli and spring onions and scatter over the cod. Pour over some of the lime juice (save the rest for the dressing). Season and roast for 10-15 minutes, until cooked through.
- 2. Meanwhile, mix all the salad dressing ingredients together in a large bowl, with the reserved lime juice. Add the salad ingredients and toss together.
- 3. Divide the salad between 4 plates and top each with a cod fillet to serve.
Nutritional info
Per serving: 227kcals, 6.5g fat (0.9g saturated), 32g protein, 10.7g carbs, 9.1g sugar, 1.4g salt
Wine Recommendation
Go for an aromatic, perfumed white. New World Riesling is the fashionable choice – pick one from New Zealand or Australia.