Coconut-Chile Snapper With A Caribbean Bean Puree
- Puree:
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1/4 cup minced shallots
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced banana (about 1 banana)
- 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup organic vegetable broth (such as Swanson Certified Organic), divided
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Snapper:
- 1 cup shredded carrot (about 1 carrot)
- 1 cup light coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 jalapenos, minced
- 4 (6-ounce) red snapper fillets, skinned
- To prepare puree, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic; cook 2 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add banana; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in beans, 1/4 cup broth, juice, cumin, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cover and simmer 5 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. Place banana mixture and remaining 1/4 cup broth in a food processor; process until smooth.
- To prepare snapper, combine carrot, milk, chili powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and jalapenos in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; bring to a simmer. Add fish to pan; cover and simmer 7 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
- Wine note: This snapper dish calls for a lively, high-acid white wine, able to cut through the creamy coconut milk. (Avoid high alcohol, which can emphasize the jalapeno's heat.) An unoaked chardonnay, like Santa Julia Organica Chardonnay 2006 ($9), fills the bill, bringing its own tropical flavors of pineapple, papaya, banana, and citrus to the mix. --Jeffery Lindenmuth
canola oil, shallots, garlic, banana, black beans, vegetable broth, lime juice, ground cumin, salt, snapper, carrot, light coconut milk, chili powder, salt, jalapeufos, red snapper
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/coconut-chile-snapper-with-caribbean-bean-puree (may not work)