Poached Rockfish Seafood Recipe

Poached Rockfish Seafood Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 pound rockfish fillets — thawed if necessary
• 1 quart water
• 2 lemon slices
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• *** DILL SAUCE ***
• 1 1/2 teaspoons finely-chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt – (to 1/2 tspn)
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed dill weed
• 1 dash freshly-ground black pepper
• 2/3 cup reserved poaching liquid
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 egg yolk — slightly beaten

Method

1. Cut rockfish into serving-sized pieces
2. Combine water, lemon and salt in skillet; bring to boil
3. Add rockfish
4. If necessary, add boiling water to cover fish
5. Reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes cooking time per inch of thickness measured at its thickest part or until rockfish flakes easily when tested with a fork
6. Transfer to serving dish
7. Keep warm
8. Reserve 2/3 cup poaching liquid for Dill Sauce
9. Serve rockfish hot with Dill Sauce
10. For the Dill Sauce: Saute onion in butter or margarine
11. Stir in flour, salt, crushed dill weed and dash of pepper; cook until bubbly
12. Gradually add 2/3 cup reserved poaching liquid and lemon juice; cook and stir until thickened
13. Stir half of mixture into beaten egg yolk; return to hot mixture in pan
14. Cook and stir 2 minutes longer
15. Makes about 2/3 cup
16. This recipe yields 4 or 5 servings

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