Scrod With Chipotle Butter And Black Beans Baked In Parchment

Serves: 5

Carolyne Schoen

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

52

Sweetness

54

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Salt

1 tbsp

Vegetable Oil

Directions:

1

Make chipotle butter: On a small plate with a fork, blend together well chipotle butter ingredients and chill

2

Chipotle butter may be made 5 days ahead and chilled, wrapped tightly

3

On a small plate with a fork, blend together well chipotle butter ingredients and chill

4

Chipotle butter may be made 5 days ahead and chilled, wrapped tightly

5

Preheat oven to 400°F

6

On a work surface arrange 1 parchment square and put 3/4 cup black beans and 3 tomato slices in center

7

Top tomato and beans with 1 piece of scrod or cod

8

Top the fish with 8 olive halves, about one sixth of onion slices, 2 tablespoons wine, 2 teaspoons lime juice, 1 oregano sprig and about one sixth of chipotle butter and season well with salt and black pepper

9

Gather sides of parchment up over fish to form a large sack and gently squeeze middle of sack together to form a waist

10

Tie one piece of string tightly but gently around waist of sack and transfer sack to a large shallow baking pan

11

Make 5 more sacks in same manner with remaining parchment squares and ingredients

12

Bake sacks in lower third of oven (being careful that tops of sacks do not touch heating element) 15 to 20 minutes, or until fish is cooked through

13

Preheat oven to 400°F

14

On a work surface arrange 1 parchment square and put 3/4 cup black beans and 3 tomato slices in center

15

Top tomato and beans with 1 piece of scrod or cod

16

Top the fish with 8 olive halves, about one sixth of onion slices, 2 tablespoons wine, 2 teaspoons lime juice, 1 oregano sprig and about one sixth of chipotle butter and season well with salt and black pepper

17

Gather sides of parchment up over fish to form a large sack and gently squeeze middle of sack together to form a waist

18

Tie one piece of string tightly but gently around waist of sack and transfer sack to a large shallow baking pan

19

Make 5 more sacks in same manner with remaining parchment squares and ingredients

20

Bake sacks in lower third of oven (being careful that tops of sacks do not touch heating element) 15 to 20 minutes, or until fish is cooked through

21

Divide sacks among 6 plates and at table snip strings with scissors

22

Divide sacks among 6 plates and at table snip strings with scissors

23

Make black beans: In a bowl mix together black bean ingredients with salt and pepper to taste

24

Black beans may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered

25

Season beans with salt and pepper before using

26

In a bowl mix together black bean ingredients with salt and pepper to taste

27

Black beans may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered

28

Season beans with salt and pepper before using