Recipe - Salmon Fillets With Black Beans And Red Pepper Puree

BEANS
15 ounce Cooked black beans; drained
and rinsed
One half cup Minced onion
1 lg Garlic clove; pressed
1 cup Vegetable broth
2 teaspoon Chili powder
2 teaspoon Ground cumin
1 teaspoon Salt

RED PEPPER PUREE
4 Red bell peppers; or 6;
roasted (3/4cup cored
cut or sliced up red peppers)
2 tablespoon Fresh orange juice; or oil
1 teaspoon Salt

FISH FILLETS
22 ounce Salmon; cut into portions
Vegetable oil
Paprika
White pepper
One half cup Lowfat sour cream
Chopped fresh cilantro
Lime wedge
1 cup Cooked white rice; or more

BLACK BEANS: combine all in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil and simmer,
covered, 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool. Puree half. Return
puree to pan and blend. Adjust seasoning to taste. Keep warm, adding a
little broth as needed.

RED PEPPER: Puree the peppers with olive oil and salt until smooth.

GRILLING: Preheat 10 to 15 minutes, all burners on high. Meanwhile, rinse
salmon fillets in cold water and blot them dry. Rub with vegetable oil on
both sides and dust with paprika and white pepper. Coat a hinged grill
basket with oil or spray and place fillets inside.

When hot, turn one burner off and turn the other(s) to medium. Position
salmng over the burner that is off. Close lid. Cook 5 mins per side, turn
once. Fish is done when it just begins to flake when probed with a fork.

SERVE: divide the beans among 4 prewarmed plates. Top with a fillet.
Carefully spoon some red pepper puree over each fillet. Then dab with sour
cream. Garnish with cilantro and add a couple of fresh lime wedges. Serve
with a simple side dish, like steamed rice. PER FILLET SERVING: 475 cals,
8.3 g fat (15.7% cff). If pepper sauce is made with oil, then 531 calories,
15 g fat, 25.4% cff.

(Harvard Common Press, 1996). (McLightening by patH
http://wizard.ucr.edu/~phanneman)

Serve with steamed asparagus and green beans, garnished with grilled
radishes ( cut or sliced up ), lemon juice and pepper.

Recipe by: The Gas Grill Gourmet by A. Cort Sinnes Posted to Digest
eatlf.v097.n216 by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Aug 27, 1997