Spicy Rockfish

Being from the Eastern Shore, I've grown up eating a lot of Rockfish. Dating a fisherman, I eat a lot of Rockfish. Needless to say, I'm always looking for healthier ways to prepare this Maryland delicacy. Around here it's mostly prepared with tons of butter or drowning in crab imperial (more butter) which I'm not a huge fan of. With freshly caught Rockfish in the fridge and a new Spiralizer waiting to be used, I searched Pinterest for the perfect recipe. Finding the usual suspects; garlic butter sauce, lemon butter sauce, butter on butter, I cracked open my new Inspiralized cookbook for inspiration and found a recipe that called for white fish.

Excited to use my new toy, I headed to the grocery store. Prep only took about 10 minutes thanks to my handsome Sous Chef. I will say that spiralizing the carrots seemed to be a step that I could eliminate, being that you rice the end product with a food processor.  From start to finish this delicious recipe took about 50 minutes.

If you're looking for a yummy new way to prepare your Rockfish, I highly recommend this Spicy Seafood-Chorizo Paella. The boy gave it, "two thumbs way up!" Here's what you need:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon red peper flakes
• 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 large chorizo sausage
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 2 large carrots that you spiralize and then rice
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon cilantro
• 4 ounces Rockfish fillet, chopped into 1-inch cubes
• 12 medium shrimp

Here's how to prepare:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Once it begins to shimmer, add your garlic, red pepper flakes, onion, and bell pepper. Cook for a couple minutes until they become soft. Add the chorizo and cook until it begins to brown. Add your tomatoes, peas, carrot rice, chili powder, paprika, turmeric, lemon juice and cilantro. 
• Press your fish and shrimp into the rice. Cover your skillet and and cook undisturbed for about 8 minutes.
• WHALAH! Dinner is served.

Who would have known you could prepare Rockfish without one ounce of butter! Oh and it's Whole30 compliant as long as your canned tomatoes don't have sugar. Enjoy.

xoxo,