lingcod with citrus and arbequina olives

This dish is easy one-pot, one-pan cooking, as the potatoes are doing their thing in the oven while you’re busy with the lingcod on the stovetop. Everything is done together. Line your pan with parchment paper and then compost it at the end. Use your bread to mop up the juices in the pot. Have a dog? Let her prewash the dishes, making cleanup a breeze. Remember to tell your diners that there are pits in the olives. Lawsuits really get in the way of a friendship.

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Step 2

Sprinkle the lingcod with the chile powder and ¼ teaspoon of the salt. In a medium skillet over high heat, add 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil. Slide the fi llets into the pan, serving side down (the prettier inside of the fi llets). Reduce the heat to medium and cook the lingcod until it develops a nice brown crust on one side, 3 to 4 minutes.

Step 3

Immediately remove the fi llets from the pan and set aside.

Step 4

Add the fi ngerling potatoes to the hot pan with the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon of the salt. Fry them, turning occasionally, until browned. Transfer the potatoes to a baking sheet and fi nish cooking in the oven until they are easily pierced by a knife, 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 5

Meanwhile, add the shallot to the pan with the remaining ¼ teaspoon of the salt and cook until the shallot slices start to brown, 6 to 8 minutes.

Step 6

Deglaze the pan with the vermouth and simmer until it has evaporated. Add the tomatoes with juice to the pan along with the red peppers, orange, olives, and olive oil. Simmer until the tomato juice mixture has reduced by half. Return the lingcod to the pan and fi nish cooking them for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the fi sh reaches 125 to 130°F.

Step 7

Plate the lingcod in 4 shallow bowls along with some of the potatoes. Pour some tomato sauce around and over them. Drizzle with a bit of hot sauce and more olive oil. Serve with the toasted baguette.*1Go to GoodFishBook.com for a demonstration of how to remove the skin from a fi llet.*2Don’t know how to supreme citrus fruit? Learn how by watching the video at bit.ly/2qw6LwA.