Swordfish With Sweet and Hot Peppers
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small white onion, thinly sliced
- 4 cups sliced sweet peppers (a mix of bell peppers, cubanelle and others, as many colors as possible)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 pounds swordfish, skin removed, cut into 1 1/4-inch chunks
- 2 to 3 fresh chile de arbol or other hot chile peppers, seeded if desired, and thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- Lemon juice, as needed
- Chopped cilantro, as needed
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add oil and let warm for 1 minute.
- Add onion and cook, tossing occasionally, until soft and golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Stir in sweet peppers and oregano; cook until very soft, about 10 minutes.
- Season with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
- Scrape vegetables into a bowl.
- Melt butter in skillet.
- While butter melts, toss fish with remaining salt and pepper.
- Add half the chile peppers to skillet and cook until soft, 1 minute.
- Add garlic to skillet and stir quickly to coat with butter.
- Add fish and reduce heat to medium-low; cook gently until fish is just opaque, about 5 minutes.
- Return sweet peppers to pan and toss well.
- Sprinkle with remaining chile peppers and top with a squeeze of lemon and cilantro.
extravirgin olive oil, white onion, sweet peppers, fresh oregano, salt, black pepper, unsalted butter, swordfish, arbol, garlic, lemon juice, cilantro
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12795 (may not work)