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White fish fillets poaching in a red tomato and pepper sauce

Poached Cod in Tomato Pepper Sauce

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 255
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lb cod four fillets, patted dry
  • 400 g crushed tomatoes
  • 1 each bell pepper sliced
  • 1 each onion sliced
  • 3 each garlic clove minced
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 0.75 tsp salt

Method
 

  1. Soften the onion and pepper in the oil over medium heat, 8 to 10 minutes, until the pepper genuinely slumps. Crisp peppers read raw no matter how long the sauce simmers afterward.
  2. Add the garlic and smoked paprika, stirring 30 seconds until the spice smells toasted rather than dusty.
  3. Pour in the crushed tomatoes and salt, and simmer uncovered 10 minutes until the sauce thickens enough to hold a brief trail behind a spoon.
  4. Nestle the cod fillets into the sauce, spooning some over each one so they are half submerged.
  5. Cover, drop the heat to low, and poach 8 to 10 minutes, until the fish flakes at the thickest point under gentle pressure.
  6. Kill the heat and let it stand 2 minutes before serving straight from the pan.