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Pan-fried Sea Bream with Roast Potatoes, Zesty Fennel & Green Beans
Fish supper of dreams - responsibly-sourced butterflied sea bream stuffed with delicate fennel, tangy lemon and vibrant parsley. Golden roasted baby potatoes and crunchy green beans as sides. A more-ish lemon caper dressing and crunchy toasted almonds to complete the dish.
High protein
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 20g capers (Water, Salt, Vinegar)
- 2 garlic clove
- 2 unwaxed lemon
- 1 handful of fresh dill
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 240g green beans
- 2 fennel
- 4 x sea bream fillets (Fish)
- 12 baby potatoes
Nutritional Information
Calories: 456
Protein: 28g
Carbs: 34g
Fat: 23g
Pan-fried Sea Bream with Roast Potatoes, Zesty Fennel & Green Beans
Fish supper of dreams - responsibly-sourced butterflied sea bream stuffed with delicate fennel, tangy lemon and vibrant parsley. Golden roasted baby potatoes and crunchy green beans as sides. A more-ish lemon caper dressing and crunchy toasted almonds to complete the dish.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9 / air fryer 200C
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper
- Pull out a large frying pan & a grater
Roast the potatoes
- Halve the potatoes (quarter any large ones), then place onto the lined baking tray and toss with 1 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt and pepper
- Roast for 25-30 mins / air fryer 20-25 mins, until soft and golden
Do the prep
- Meanwhile, trim and thinly slice the fennel. Trim the green beans. Finely chop the parsley and dill (reserving a few sprigs for garnish)
- Roughly chop the capers. Zest 1 lemon, then halve both. Finely chop or crush the garlic
Soften the fennel
- Heat the large frying pan 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the fennel and cook for 4-5 mins, until softened. Season with salt and pepper. Add a splash of water and cook for another 2-3 mins
- Add the garlic, capers and lemon zest and cook for 1 min. Stir through the parsley, dill and a squeeze of lemon juice, then remove from the pan and cover to keep warm
Fry the fish
- When the potatoes have 10 mins remaining / air fryer 8 mins, add the beans to the tray. Toss with 2 tsp oil, salt and pepper. Place the lemon alongside. Roast for the remaining time, until tender
- Season the sea bream with salt. Return the frying pan with 2 tsp oil to medium heat. Once hot, add the sea bream, skin-side down, and cook for 4 mins, then flip and cook for another 5 mins, until cooked through
Plate up
- Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
- Serve the sea bream onto plates, with the potatoes and green beans alongside
- Top the fish with the fennel. Scatter with the remaining dill sprigs. Garnish with the roasted lemon for squeezing over
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