It’s hard to find a lunch recipe that’s as healthy as this one: white fish and veggies, steamed in a parchment parcel with fresh herbs, lemon and white wine. You’d also be hard pressed to find a white fish recipe that is this easy to make and tastes this darn good!
Quick Tip: The key to a delicious fish dish is, drum roll please.........FRESH fish. Your dish is only going to turn out as tasty as the freshness and quality of the fish fillet used. How do you know if your fish is fresh? Do the sniff test before you buy: raw fillets should smell faintly of the ocean but never overly fishy, and the flesh should be translucent and resilient
½ red onion, cut into think matchsticks
1 zucchini, cut into matchstick
1 carrots, cut into matchstick
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon olive oil
4 (6 oz.) halibut fillets, or other white fish
sea salt and black pepper
1 lemon, thinly sliced into half moons
8 sprigs fresh thyme
¼ cup white wine
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl toss the thinly sliced onion, zucchini and carrot with the olive oil and minced garlic.
Cut four 12 - by - 16 - inch pieces of parchment paper and fold each in half. Open the parchment paper and arrange each fillet in the center of the top half of each parchment. Generously season with salt and pepper. Top each fillet with one quarter of the veggies, 2 slices of lemon, two sprigs of thyme and 1 Tablespoon of white wine.
Fold the bottom half of the parchment paper over the fish. Start folding and crimping the parchment paper ends together from one end all the way around the fish to the other end, creating a sealed envelope. Fold the end under the fish. The fish and veggies should be fully encased, with no breaks in the parchment paper for steam to escape – we need that steam as part of the cooking process! Place the packets on a pan.
Calories: 231
Fat: 4g
Carbohydrates: 8g
Sodium: 166mg
Fiber: 2g
Protein: 36g
Sugar: 3g