Thinking Of Dining Out For Fish? Think Again-Salt & Fat Cheap Way For Restaurants To Make Money:
Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
by Fran Larson
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It all began when I went to my daughter's home for a family celebration. When our fun evening w
Anyway, Jim looked at some of the recipes on the Internet and came up with Pan-fried Grouper With Almonds. This is pan-fried in Olive Oil, which is a good fat . Studies have shown that olive oil offers protection against heart disease by controlling LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels while raising HDL (the "good" cholesterol) levels. (1-3) No other naturally produced oil has as large an amount of monounsaturated as olive oil -mainly oleic acid (healingdaily.com).
The recipe also calls for almonds. The marriage of almonds and fish is unbelievably delicious. Almonds are also very good for your heart:
In addition to their cholesterol-lowering effects, almonds' ability to reduce heart disease risk may also be partly due to the antioxidant action of the vitamin E found in the almonds, as well as to the LDL-lowering effect of almonds' monounsaturated fats. (whfoods.com).
I can honestly say that this is the most delicious fish I have ever eaten. However, before I give you the recipe, I want to point out an example of calorie intake while eating fish when you are dining out.
If you ate Applebee's New England Fish and Chips, you would be consuming 1,910 calories, 137 grams of fat, 24 grams of saturated fat, 20,020 milligrams of sodium. This fish entrée is the equivalent of eating the fat of almost a pound of cheddar cheeses (St Petersburg Times 10/28/2010).
Compare the above with the recipe that we used: Fat-8.99, Sodium-641, Calories 186 (protein 23-33 grams). Applebee's New England Fish & Chips has over 10 times the calories and 15 times the amount of fat!
I don't want to trash Applebee's because they have some delicious low calorie entrees and hopefully, they will take some of these high fat entrees off the menu.
Here is the recipe I promised you. When you taste the first bite, you will feel you are in a 5-star restaurant. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds boneless, skinless grouper fillet, or substitute snapper or orange roughly
- 1/2 cup unpeeled slivered almonds
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (You may want to leave this out because it will make it very hot)
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 small bunch flat leaf parsley, coarse stems removed
- Lemon wedges, for garnish
Directions
Rinse the fillets and pat them dry with paper towels. Check the fish for bones and remove with tweezers, if necessary. In a food processor, combine the almonds, allspice, salt, pepper, cayenne, cumin, and paprika. Pulse until finely ground, but do not over process or the nuts can become oily. In a shallow baking dish, spread out the nutspice mixture. Dredge the fillets in the mixture, one at a time, shaking off the excess.
In a large heavy skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Fry the fillets for about 3 minutes on each side, until light brown. With a slotted spatula, remove the fish to a warm platter or individual serving plates and scatter with the parsley sprigs. Serve with wedges of lemon.
*This recipe from Foodnetwork.com.
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Top-level comments on this article: (6 total)Yum! I love almonds and fish, you're right, it's a gorgeous taste experience. I didn't realize almonds are so good for the heart. I eat them every day, and olive oil too. Nice to know I'm doing something right. I'm astonished at the restaurant meal, it's absolutely gross! Great article, Fran.
Thanks anyway for your recipe . It does give me a sense of healthy eating style. I would love to try cook it when I have got the ingredients any time this week.
I love red snapper fish and they just melt in my mouth. I've had some near the wharf in DC. They are so tender and juicy. With right seasoning they magically delicious.
Gladly you have truly enjoyed this meal and didn't have to worry about health issues.
Hi Fran.WOW! That's a lot of calories and fat. I don't eat out ... well that's not exactly true ... I do go out for some nice low fat sushi every two or three months. :) I'm so glad in some ways for all my food allergies. They have really improved my and Bernd's diets. And I learned I really do like to cook and I'm pretty good at it. Well, Bernd likes my food and that's all that matters to me on that issue.Anyway, I've never tried grouper, but I love salmon, trout, tuna and tilapia. Don't care much for catfish, shark, cod or red snapper. So is there a fish in my lists that you might compare to grouper?And have you ever tried dried cranberries with fish? It's pretty good.Thanks for the tasty sounding recipe.Hugs, Dianne
Looks great - only thing I'd change is to cut back a bit on the cayenne or I'd be coughing, crying and carrying on for ages!
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