Orange Roughy Fish Recipes
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Orange roughy fish recipes - any recipe for firm white fish fillets will work with orange roughy fish, but here's a great idea for using this fish.
If you're following the Atkins Diet, this dish contains 4.5g per serving - and will serve 6.
You may struggle to find this particular fish, but don't worry - if you like the recipe (and it's very tasty as well as being lo-carb - you're on a diet, not a penance) then substitute a firm white fish such as cod, haddock, basa etc.
Likewise, if you find some Orange roughy fish, then any white fish recipe will do - where you'd use cod, basa etc.
It is a lovely flaky white fish.
Orange Roughy Fish with Fennel and Tomatoes
1 small fennel bulb, sliced thinly
2 tbspns olive oil
1 zucchini, sliced thinly
1 medium onion, chopped
4 ripe tomatoes, chopped
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
salt
1 tspn dried thyme
few twists black pepper
4 tbspns white wine
6 orange roughy fish fillets
Heat the oven to gas mark 6, 200C or 400F
Take a baking dish large enough to take the fillets in one layer, and pour one tablespoon of the olive oil into it.
Add the vegetables and garlic and stir round to coat them in the oil - season with a little salt and pepper and stir in the thyme.
Bake for approximately 20 minutes.
Add the orange roughy fish and pour over the wine and the rest of the oil - season the fish fillets.
Return to the oven and bake a further 10 to 15 minutes until the fish is cooked through.
Serve with some plain boiled potatoes, sliced zucchini and a lemon wedge.
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Cook's Notes Orange Roughy Fish lives in very deep seas and you won't often see it for sale in some countries . It's absent from the Mediterranean and only found in a couple of western areas around the United Kingdom. It can be fished along the West coast of Africa. The Americas have some on the East Coast and it's also found around the Indian Ocean and Australia. It's been exploited since the 1970s and is in danger of being overfished now. It was originally called 'the Slimehead' but it didn't sound very appetising, so its name was changed to Orange Roughy Fish or Deep Sea Perch, which sounds much more edible. It is a slow growing fish and doesn't reach maturity until around 30 years old. They don't spawn every year. They can live to over 200 years old - I promise you, that's the truth, here's a link to the New Zealand Geographic about an Orange Roughy Fish that was scientifically proven to be 230 years old. So there it was, swimming around the seas since 1790 something and bang, bad day and ends up on someone's plate. |
Orange Roughy Fish Recipes - some recipes that would be suitable for using as a substitute
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Orange Roughy Fish
By Liz Alderson,
Lo-carb Orange Roughy Fish Recipe - substitute any white fish fillet.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Yield: 4
Main Ingredient: white fish, tomato
