Moroccan Fish with Lemony Butternut Couscous and Cucumber Dip

Moroccan Fish with Lemony Butternut Couscous and Cucumber Dip

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, June 4, 2017.

We’re sure this meal will please the whole family.


Ingredients

LEMONY BUTTERNUT COUSCOUS

  • 400g butternut, peeled and diced 1.5 cm
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon runny honey
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup couscous
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves, roughly chopped

MOROCCAN FISH

  • 1 tablespoon fish spice
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 450g fish fillets

CUCUMBER DIP

  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, finely diced

Steps

  1. oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Toss butternut with olive oil and honey on prepared tray and season with salt. Roast for 15-20 minutes, until soft and starting to caramelise.
  3. Bring chicken stock to the boil in a medium pot (with lid on) on high heat. Turn off heat, add couscous, lemon zest and juice, stir well and cover. Allow to sit for 5 minutes. Fluff up with a fork and stir through butter, first measure of salt and spinach.
  4. Mix fish spice, flour and second measure of salt together on a plate. Pat fish dry, remove any remaining scales or bones and cut any larger fillets in half. Toss fish pieces in flour/spice mixture until lightly coated.
  5. In a small bowl, combine sour cream and cucumber. Season to taste with salt and set aside.
  6. When butternut has about 5 minutes cook time remaining, heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook fish for 2-3 minutes each side, until just cooked through. Gently toss roasted butternut through couscous mixture until combined.
  7. divide lemony butternut couscous between plates and top with Moroccan fish and a dollop of cucumber dip.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1725 kj
412 kcal
Protein 28.9g
Carbohydrate 36.9g
Fat 16.2g