I was looking for something different to do with shrimp, so I made this. I doubled the vinaigrette and sauteed a pound of shrimp. I followed the rest of the recipe and I served the shrimp over the pasta with the extra dressing drizzled over it. I will make this again!
Pan-Grilled Snapper with Orzo Pasta Salad
Beau Gustafson; Jan Gautro
Small rice-shaped pasta, orzo cooks quickly and soaks up flavor from the vinaigrette. Double the vinaigrette and spoon some over the top of the fish, if you like.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 fillet and 3/4 cup pasta mixture)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 398
- Calories from fat: 25%
- Fat: 11.2g
- Saturated fat: 1.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 32.7g
- Carbohydrate: 39.3g
- Fiber: 1.9g
- Cholesterol: 47mg
- Iron: 0.4mg
- Sodium: 409mg
- Calcium: 46mg
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked orzo (rice-shaped pasta)
- Cooking spray
- 4 (6-ounce) red snapper fillets
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided
- 1 1/2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 1/2 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil
Preparation
- Cook pasta according to the package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain and keep warm.
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle fish evenly with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Add fish to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
- Combine remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper, shallots, parsley, lemon juice, orange juice, and mustard in a small bowl, stirring well. Slowly add olive oil, stirring constantly with a whisk. Drizzle the shallot mixture over pasta; toss well to coat.
Note:
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Pan-Grilled Snapper with Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fish
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Grill Pan
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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