Roasted Striped Bass With Chive And Sour Cream Sauce
Serves: 5
Ashlynn O'Reilly
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
50
Spice
53
Sweetness
47
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.5
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
For the sauce: Blend sour cream, water, juice, salt, and chives in a blender until mixture just turns pale green
2
Season with pepper
3
For the fish: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
4
Remove any pin bones from fish with tweezers or needle-nose pliers and pat fish dry with paper towels
5
Score skin in several places with a thin sharp knife to prevent fish from curling (do not cut through flesh) and season fish with salt and pepper
6
Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until hot but not smoking, then sear fish, skin sides down, in 2 batches until skin is golden brown and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes (fish will not be fully cooked)
7
Transfer, skin sides up, to an oiled shallow baking pan
8
Roast fish, uncovered, in middle of oven until just cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes
9
Spoon 3 tablespoons sauce onto each of 6 plates and top with Spicy Garlic Potatoes and Zucchini
10
Squeeze 1 lemon wedge over each fillet, then place fish, skin sides up, over vegetables
11
Top fish with sprouts
12
Cover potatoes with salted cold water by 1 inch in a 4-quart saucepan, then simmer, uncovered, until just tender, about 20 to 25 minutes
13
Drain in a colander and let stand until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes
14
Peel potatoes and halve lengthwise
15
Cook garlic in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until garlic is pale golden, about 2 minutes
16
Discard garlic, then stir potatoes and red pepper flakes into oil and saute over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until potatoes begin to turn golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes
17
While sauteing potatoes, cook zucchini in a pot of boiling salted water until just tender, about 2 to 3 minutes, and then drain in a colander
18
Transfer potatoes with a slotted spoon to a bowl, then add zucchini to oil in skillet and saute over moderately high heat, stirring, until hot, about 1 minute
19
Return potatoes to skillet and stir in salt