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pan seared rockfish with wild rice

Pan Seared Rockfish with Wild Rice

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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Author: Max Cozzi
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 2 cups crimini mushrooms, (or other mushrooms, quatered)
  • splash a olive oil
  • 2 shallots, (minced)
  • 5 cloves garlic, (minced, divided)
  • 2 cups wild rice,
  • 8 cups water
  • 8 tablespoon butter, (divided)
  • 2 tablespoon fresh thyme, (leaves plucked and chopped)
  • 4 small rockfish fillets (or other flat whitefish such as sole)
  • sea salt, (to taste)
  • fresh pepper and lemon wedges, (for serving)

Instructions

  • Heat a small saucepan to medium-high and saute the mushrooms with a splash of olive oil and salt under the mushrooms are well browned and reduced in size, about 7-8 minutes. Then, add half of the butter and garlic, shallot, wild rice and water and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, turn the heat to low and cover and cook for 1 hour.
  • When the rice is close to done, heat a fry pan to medium-high and melt the remaining butter and garlic with the thyme leaves and gently saute the rockfish fillets on both sides for about 2 minutes per side depending on the thickness of the fillets. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Scoop the wild rice onto individual serving dishes and top with the fish. spoon any remaining pan butter onto to the fish and serve with lemon wedges.
Course: dinner, lunch
Cuisine: American, pacific northwest
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