Nut-crusted barramundi with spiced kumara wedges
This gluten free nut-crusted fish and sweet potato chips with coconut dressing is the ideal homemade takeaway for a healthy week night dinner.
- 40 mins cooking
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup (120g) brazil nuts
- ¼ cup (20g) natural flaked almonds
- 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lime rind
- 4 x 180g skinless barramundi fillets
- 100 grams sugar snap peas, trimmed
- micro herbs, to serve (optional)
Spiced kumara wedges
- 3 small kumara (orange sweet potato) (750g), cut into thin wedges
- 2 teaspoons red curry paste
- 2 teaspoons light brown sugar
Coconut dressing
- ½ cup (125ml) coconut cream
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons light brown sugar (or coconut sugar)
- 1 fresh long red chilli, seeded, chopped finely
Method
- 1Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
- 2Place brazil nuts, almonds, ginger and rind in a food processor; pulse until mixture forms a chunky paste.
- 3Make spiced kumara wedges. Combine kumara, curry paste and sugar; spread on a baking-paper-lined oven tray. Bake for 30 minutes, turning halfway, until tender.
- 4Place fillets on oven tray; season. Press nut mixture evenly on each fillet. Bake fish alongside kumara for
10 minutes or until crust is golden brown. - 5Meanwhile, place sugar snap peas in a colander in the sink; pour boiling water over peas. Drain well; refresh under cold running water.
- 6Make coconut dressing. Combine ingredients in a small jug.
- 7Serve fillets topped with micro herbs and dressing, sugar snap peas and kumara wedges.
Notes
Recipe is best made just before serving.