Grilled Five-Spice Fish With Garlic Spinach from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Grilled Five-Spice Fish With Garlic Spinach Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 1/2 tsp finely-shredded lime peel
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
4 tsp minced fresh ginger
1/2 tsp Chinese 5-spice powder - (to 1)
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
2 tsp vegetable oil, divided
1 lb salmon steaks
1/2 lb fresh baby spinach leaves, washed
= (abt 8 cups lightly packed)
2 large garlic cloves, pressed

Recipe Instructions:

Combine lime peel, lime juice, ginger, 5-spice powder, sugar, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon oil in 2-quart dish. Add salmon; turn to coat. Cover; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.

Combine spinach, garlic and remaining 1 teaspoon oil in 3-quart microwaveable dish; toss. Cover; microwave at High (100% power) 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted. Drain; keep warm.

Meanwhile, prepare barbecue grill for direct cooking.

Remove salmon from marinade and place on oiled grid. Brush salmon with portion of marinade. Grill salmon, covered, over medium-hot coals 4 minutes. Turn salmon; brush with marinade and grill 4 minutes or until salmon flakes easily with fork. Discard marinade.

Serve fish over bed of spinach.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 Meat, 1 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 133; Calories from Fat 22%; Total Fat 3g; Saturated Fat 1g; Protein 22g; Carbohydrates 4g; Cholesterol 49mg; Sodium 405mg; Dietary Fiber 2g.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-09-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 4

“That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”

~ Madeleine L'Engle (1918--) American author.

 

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