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Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers from Zestuous
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Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 Fresno peppers
  • 1 lime
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 can coconut milk about 1 ¾ cups
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 4 cod filets
  • salt and white pepper
  • 4 cups spinach

Instructions

  • Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers from Zestuous
  • Dice the peppers, zest the lime and cut the lime in half.
  • Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers from Zestuous
  • Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté the peppers and lime zest, until tender, about 2 minutes.
  • Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers from Zestuous
  • Add the chicken broth, coconut milk, juice from half a lime and ½ tsp. salt. Bring to a boil. Sprinkle salt and white pepper on each side of the cod filets. Gently place the filets into the broth. Cook for 5 minutes. Flip and cook for another 3-5 minutes, until the fish flakes.
  • Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers from Zestuous
  • Remove the filets from the broth and place each in a wide soup bowl.
  • Coconut Milk Poached Cod with Spinach and Fresno Peppers from Zestuous
  • Add the spinach to the skillet. Continue cooking until the spinach is tender. Squeeze the juice from the other half of the lime into the skillet and stir to combine. Evenly spoon the broth into each bowl.