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Poached Fish with Rice and Greens

White fish poached gently in stock, served over rice with spinach wilted into the poaching liquid.

Poached Fish with Rice and Greens. White fish poached gently in stock, served over rice with spinach wilted into the poaching liquid.
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Prep 10 minCook 25 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 300 g white fish fillets
  • 170 g basmati rice (dry), rinsed
  • 150 g baby spinach
  • 400 ml reduced-salt stock (400 g)
  • 120 g carrot, cut into fine sticks
  • 8 g fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 15 ml extra-virgin olive oil (14 g)
  • 8 g chives, snipped
  • 1 g iodised table salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Rinse the rice, put it in a pan with 300 ml water and a tight lid, bring to the boil, then cook 12 minutes on the lowest heat and rest 10 minutes off the heat without lifting the lid.
  2. Bring the stock, salt, ginger and carrot to a bare simmer in a wide pan. It should barely tremble: a rolling boil breaks white fish apart.
  3. Slide the fish in, cover and poach 6-8 minutes, until it is opaque and just parts at the thickest point.
  4. Lift the fish out. Stir the spinach into the hot stock until it wilts, about a minute.
  5. Serve the fish over the rice with the greens and a few spoonfuls of the poaching liquid, the oil threaded over, and the chives and pepper on top.

Serve

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Safety and storage

Cook to
63°C / 145°F in the centre (fish)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.

Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from