fish with ginger and spinach

[cellio]

This was really good. From Fish, the Basics by Shirley King (typing from memory):

Put 1T butter, 2T olive oil, 1 clove minced garlic, and 1T chopped ginger in a casserole, cover with plastic (leaving a side vent), and microwave for 2 minutes.

Wash/dry 8oz fresh spinach, mix into casserole to coat, re-apply plastic, and microwave for 2 minutes.

Sprinkle with salt, then lay 2 pieces orange roughy on the spinach and cover with some raw spinach. Re-apply plastic and microwave for 3 minutes.

Sprinkle with 2 sliced scallions, re-cover, microwave 4 minutes. Check for doneness; cook another 30 seconds if needed.

I would like to figure out how to adapt this for oven use, because the largest casserole I have that fits in the microwave could maybe accommodate three pieces of fish. I want to be able to make this for guests.

Comments

[siderea]

Um, where does the fish go?

[siderea]

Or is "orange" a fish?

[tangerinpenguin.livejournal.com]

Orange Roughy (http://www7.taosnet.com/platinum/data/light/species/orangeroughy.html) - very ugly fish, but very tasty.

[siderea]

My goodness. Learn something new every day.

[cellio]

As Chris pointed out, orange roughy is a kind of fish -- in particular, a kind of fish that was fresh and on sale for a good price this afternoon when I went shopping. :-) (I wanted a white fish rather than salmon or tuna, but I didn't have a strong preference on which.)

[siderea]

I figured "then lay 2 pieces orange roughy on the spinach" was a typo for "then lay 2 pieces orange roughly on the spinach". And that "roughly" was some sort of cooking jargon I wouldn't know.

Ever noticed how the ingredients list at the top of a recipe are a sort of checksum? :)

[cellio]

Oh, oops. Sorry about that. :-)

Ever noticed how the ingredients list at the top of a recipe are a sort of checksum? :)

Most of the time (and I was being lazy by omitting the redundancy here). I've come across the occasional recipe that doesn't bother to mention "common" ingredients up front -- usually this is just with salt, pepper, and water, which is ok, but I've seen it with butter and eggs! Sheesh.