Basque-Style Cod Pil Pil with Sauteed Piquillo Peppers
This dish pairs cod fillet with piquillo peppers, garlic and dried chile. Adjust the calorie target to automatically scale the ingredients while keeping the proportions of the meal balanced.
Pat cod dry and season lightly with salt. Warm olive oil in a small skillet over low heat.
garlic (thinly sliced)dried chile (optional)
Add sliced garlic and cook gently until pale gold; remove garlic to a plate. Add chile and warm 30 seconds, then remove (optional).
cod fillet (skin-on)extra-virgin olive oil
Add cod to the oil skin-side down. Cook very gently 4-6 minutes, basting, until the cod begins to release gelatin; flip and cook 2 minutes.
cod fillet (skin-on)extra-virgin olive oillemon juice
Remove cod to a warm plate. Keep oil warm and off direct heat. Tilt the pan and whisk the oil with the milky cod juices (or swirl vigorously) until it emulsifies into a sauce.
cod fillet (skin-on)
Return cod to the pan and spoon pil pil sauce over it. Keep warm on very low heat.
extra-virgin olive oilpiquillo peppers (jarredlemon juice
In a separate pan, saute piquillo peppers in 1 tsp of the pil pil sauce (or a splash of oil) for 2 minutes. Finish with lemon juice.
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