Buttery Barramundi with Tomato-Feta Salad

Buttery Barramundi with Tomato-Feta Salad

🥘 Ingredients

  • barramundi
    20 oz
  • butter
    ½ tablespoon
  • cooking oil
    2 tsp
  • feta cheese
    1 c
  • garlic powder
    3 tsp
  • green beans
    12 oz
  • jasmine rice
    1 c
  • lemon
    ½ unit
  • olive oil
    4 tsp
  • scallions
    4 unit
  • seafood stock concentrate
    2 unit
  • tomato
    2 unit

🍳 Cookware

  • baking sheet
  • small pot
  • large pan
  • medium bowl
  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Trim green beans if needed. Thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens. Dice tomato into ¼-inch pieces. Zest and quarter lemon .
    green beans: 12 oz, scallions: 4 unit, tomato: 2 unit, lemon: ½ unit
  2. 2
    Toss green beans on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil , half the garlic powder , and season with salt and pepper. Roast until tender and browned, ⏱️ 15 minutes .
    olive oil: 2 tsp, garlic powder: 2 tsp
  3. 3
    While beans cook, in a small pot , combine jasmine rice , scallion whites, seafood stock concentrate , ¾ cup water (¾%cup) and a pinch of salt. Bring to low a boil, reduce to a simmer, then cover with lid and cook until tender, ⏱️ 18 minutes . Keep covered until serving.
    jasmine rice: 1 c, seafood stock concentrate: 2 unit
  4. 4
    Once rice has cooked about 8 minutes, pat barramundi dry with paper towels. Season with remaining garlic powder , salt, and black pepper. Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large, nonstick large pan over medium-high. Add fish, skin side down; cook until crispy ⏱️ 5 minutes . Flip and cook through, ⏱️ 3 minutes more. In the last minute, add butter and gently baste.
    barramundi: 20 oz, garlic powder: 1 tsp, cooking oil: 2 tsp, butter: ½ tablespoon
  5. 5
    While fish cooks, in a medium bowl , combine the diced tomato, sliced scallion greens, crumbled feta cheese , 2 tsp olive oil , and a squeeze of lemon juice, plus some zest. Season with salt and pepper.
    feta cheese: 1 c, olive oil: 2 tsp
  6. 6
    Fluff rice with a fork. Divide rice, barramundi, and green beans between plates. Drizzle any remaining butter from the pan over the fish, wine tomato, feta, over everything; serve with remaining lime wedges.
  7. 7
    Cook the as you go: the barramundi is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145° F.