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Poached Hake in Thai Coconut Sauce (Secret Recipe Club)

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I was given Dena's blog Oh! You Cook! for this month's assignment and couldn't wait to start deciding which recipe I wanted to make. She has so many recipes that I kept drooling over but the one I kept going back to was her Broiled Haddock with Thai Coconut Sauce. I happen to love anything Thai and I've been searching for a savory dish that incorporates (one of the many cans of) coconut milk I purchased on sale recently - waalaa, this was the one!
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 tsp coconut oil (butter, ghee, oil can be subbed)
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger (or 1 tsp. ground ginger)
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 3/4 cup mushrooms, sliced (white or baby bella), optional
  • 3 scallions, diced
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 2 tsp Thai green curry paste (or Sambal Oelek chili paste)
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
  • 2 Tbsp coconut aminos (or gluten free soy sauce, tamari or Bragg's)
  • 1 Tbsp coconut palm sugar
  • 1 cup light coconut milk
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves (if you hate cilantro, you can leave this out but it adds brightness to the dish)
  • 3 (6 oz) skinless hake fillets or other white fish such as tilapia, haddock or halibut
  • 4 lime wedges
  • cooked grain of choice for serving (brown rice, quinoa, millet, etc)

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add ginger and garlic; stir for 30 seconds.  Lower heat if garlic starts to brown.
  • Add curry powder, curry paste and cumin; stir for 1 minute to bring out their flavor and aromas.
  • Add red pepper, mushrooms and scallions; stir for 1 minute then add coconut aminos, coconut sugar and coconut milk. Stir to completely mix and bring to a simmer (do not boil).
  • Add fish to the sauce, cover and simmer until cooked through, about 6 minutes (flesh is white and no longer transparent)
  • Remove from heat; stir in cilantro. Serve fish and sauce over a bed of rice or your favorite cooked grain. Serve with a lime wedge for added brightness (this adds a nice freshness, I wouldn't skip this) and enjoy!