Baked Fish with Green and White Beans

Baked Fish with Green and White Beans

A lovely quick dish from the Hairy Dieters Fast Food, works best with a thick piece of fish.

Serves 4

4 x 150g thick white fish fillets
200g green beans, trimmed and halved
1 tbsp olive oil
1 small red onion, sliced into crescents
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
grated zest of 1 lemon
100g cherry tomatoes, halved
2 x 400g cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
bunch of basil, leaves torn
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 200ºC/Gas 6.  Line a baking tray with baking parchment, put the fish fillets on the tray and season with salt and pepper.

Bring a kettle of water to the boil.  Pour the water into a pan and add the green beans.  Cook for 3-4 minutes until they are just done. Drain and set aside.

While the beans are cooking, make the sauce.  Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the onion, cooking gently over a medium heat for a few minutes.  Add the garlic and lemon zest (keep a little zest for decoration) and cook for another minute.

Put the fish in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.

While the fish is cooking, finish the sauce.  Add the tomatoes, green beans and cannellini beans to the pan with the onion and garlic, Season with salt and pepper.  Cook gently for a few minutes to heat through and the tomatoes have started to soften and release their juices.

Once the fish is cooked, serve with the beans, liberally sprinkled with basil and some lemon zest. A little squeeze of lemon juice is lovely over it.

I served with some broccoli.

For Slimming World, 6 syns for the oil so 1½ syns per serving.  Or use spray oil.  I only used ½ tbsp for 3 of us so 1 syn per serving.


Note:  It has been commented that 2 x 400g tins beans is too much for this recipe.  I made the recipe with 2 tins and it was fine, but then I like beans.  I didn't serve this with any other carbs though.  If you feel 2 tins is a it much, feel free to use just one.