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Rainbow trout over tomato, beans and arak salad

Rainbow trout over tomato, beans and arak salad

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The tomato, cannellini beans and arak salad is excellent on its own.

Use any fish fillet with skin on.

Arak is a Middle Eastern anise liquor that’s available in many liquor store. Can substitute with ouzo. 

Rainbow trout over tomato, beans and arak salad

Recipe by Vered GuttmanCourse: MainCuisine: Israeli, ArabDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided

  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced

  • Pinch dried crushed red pepper

  • 2 lb. cherry tomatoes, halved

  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar

  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

  • 2 tablespoons arak

  • 1 can cannellini beans, washed in running water (15½ oz., I prefer Bush’s beans, that are softer than others)

  • 1¼ teaspoon kosher salt, divided

  • ½ cup Greek yogurt

  • 4 rainbow trout fillets, patted dry (or substitute with flounder, tilapia or red snapper)

  • ¼ freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

  • Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a heavy bottom skillet over medium-high heat and sauté red onion with crushed red pepper, stirring frequently, until the onion is golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer onion to a bowl. Put skillet back on medium-high heat.
  • Add 2 tablespoons oil to skillet and then add tomatoes. Let tomatoes char and brown, shaking the skillet every couple of minutes, for about 8 minutes. Add brown sugar and rosemary and cook for another 2 minutes.
    Add onion back to skillet, then add arak and let it evaporate, about 15 seconds. Add cannellini beans and 1 teaspoon salt and continue cooking until the beans are warm, about 1 minutes. Remove from the heat.
  • Prepare 4 plates. Spread 2 tablespoons of the Greek yogurt on each plate in a circle, and spoon a quarter of the tomato-bean salad in the center. Keep aside.
  • Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large heavy bottom skillet. Sprinkle the fish fillets with ¾ teaspoon salt and black pepper on both sides. Put the fish, skin side down, in the skillet and fry for 4 minutes, flip to the other side and fry for 1 minute more. Gently arrange each fillet on top of the tomato-bean salad and serve immediately.
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