Flounder with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Flounder with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 370.4
  • Total Fat: 22.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 86.0 mg
  • Sodium: 198.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 9.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.3 g
  • Protein: 34.4 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Flounder with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce calories by ingredient


Introduction

A fabulous fish dinner, even better when served with whole grain rice. A fabulous fish dinner, even better when served with whole grain rice.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1-1/2 lbs red bell peppers, stems removed, cut into quarters and seeded
    1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
    1/4 cup olive oil
    2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
    1-1/2 tbsp tomato paste
    1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
    4-6 oz flounder fillets

Directions

For the sauce, arrange the bell peppers skin side up on a baking sheet.
Broil until the skin is blistered an charred.
Let cool and peel off blackened skin.
Combine the bell peppers, almonds, olive oil, vinegar, tomato paste and cayenne pepper in a food processor. Process for 1-2 minutes until the almonds are ground.
Heat the sauce in a saucepan until warm.
For the flounder, bring a skillet of salted water to a simmer.
Add the flounder.
Simmer, covered for 5 minutes until fish is opaque turning once.
Remove and drizzle with warm sauce.


Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user 2TS4ME.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I actually cherry-picked your Red Pepper Sauce and served it over a boneless, skinless, chicken breast - stuffed with chopped spinach and non-fat ricotta. My family loves the sauce. I will be making your whole dish next. - 3/6/09


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    Incredible!
    1 of 3 people found this review helpful
    This sounds great, I love flounder. This will be my dinner for tonight - 1/16/09


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I will make this one over and over. Everyone raved about it. - 11/9/08


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Made this sauce with chicken - fabulous! Just enough kick for a great taste! - 8/16/08


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    very good, the only thing i did different was half way through pour in some instant brown rice, took care of all the juice and gave the rice a wonderfull taste - 8/15/08