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Sea bass with Chinese five-spice, lentils and mushroom fricassée
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Sea bass with Chinese five-spice, lentils and mushroom fricassée

25 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

The sea bass skin is seasoned with Chinese five-spice and fried until crisp to add contrast to the soft lentils and mushrooms.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1130
Calories
60g
Protein
31g
Fat
156g
Carbs

Counts 18 of 19 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Chervil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250g/9oz green or Puy lentils
  • 2 shallots
  • ½ onioncloves
  • 1 small carrot
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 small bouquet garni
  • 1 heaped tsp chicken stock
  • 1 cinnamon
  • 1 tsp chopped parsley
  • 30g/1oz unsalted butter
  • and pepper salt
  • 4 x 130g/4½oz sea bass
  • pinch Chinese five-spice powder
  • 3-4 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • , to serve lemon juice
  • 60g/2¼oz unsalted butter
  • 1 shallot
  • 70g/2½oz St George’s mushrooms
  • 75g/2½oz mousseron mushrooms
  • ½ lemon, juice only
  • 1 plum tomato
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh chervil
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh tarragon

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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