{"id":8,"date":"2009-01-21T23:23:02","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T06:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=8"},"modified":"2020-03-22T02:44:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T09:44:04","slug":"red-snapper-and-spicy-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2009\/01\/red-snapper-and-spicy-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Snapper and Spicy Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red Snapper with Spicy Rice<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a variation on a Jamie Oliver recipe – I have to admit that I think the original is better than this variation (it’s in Jamie’s Dinners, called Omega 3 and Couscous if you are interested) – but we were missing some of the key ingredients, including the Couscous, so this is what we got instead (some of the quantities I’m guessing about)<\/p>\n

2 fillets of red snapper (although you could use another fish – barramundi would probably work well)
\nCherry Tomatoes (a small punnet – 125g I think)
\n1 Red Onion
\n1-2 tsp dried chilli
\n1 tsp fennel seeds
\n1 bay leaf (fresh is better – you can freeze them and use straight from the freezer)
\nBasmati rice (enough for 2 – I would say a cupful)
\n1 anchovy fillet<\/p>\n

Cook the rice leaving it just slightly underdone<\/p>\n

You want a pan that is going to fit everything in it – we use a deepish wide frying pan – ideally with a lid, although you could use foil to cover the pan as well.<\/p>\n

Chop the onion finely, and cook on a low heat in some good olive oil, with the fennel seeds, bay leaf and chilli in a covered pan (you want the onion to get quite soft – it will take 10 minutes or so)
\nChop the tomatoes into halves or quarters (depending on the size – you don’t want the pieces to be too small), and chop the anchovy as well, and add them both to the onion and herbs\/spices. Season the mixture to taste.<\/p>\n

Spread the tomato\/onion mixture over the base of the pan, then spread the rice over the top, covering the tomato\/onion completely. Lay the fish fillets, skin side up, on top of the rice, and cover the pan. Cook on a low heat until the fish is cooked through. You may well want to add a drop of water during the cooking – I usually end up adding half a cup or so. How long it takes to cook will depend on the size of the fillets – 10-15 minutes as a guide.<\/p>\n

What you will hopefully get is a thick, spicy, jammy, tomato mixture at the bottom of the pan which you can mix through the rice.<\/p>\n

Serve with a yoghurt dressing – yoghurt, lemon juice, salt, pepper, mint, coriander if you like.<\/p>\n

I would recommend the original recipe – couscous takes the flavours of the tomato mixture better, and uses fresh fennel to give a bit of an aniseed edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a variation on a Jamie Oliver recipe – I have to admit that I think the original is better than this variation (it’s in Jamie’s Dinners, called Omega 3 and Couscous if you are interested) – but we were missing some of the key ingredients, including the Couscous, so this is what we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink","tag-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}