Fish with Sweet Chilli

A simple stir fry of vegetables topped with white fish and covered in a sweet chilli drizzle.  A spicy, low fat/calorie meal, low on ProPoints and high on taste.  Can be served as a main meal or, with reduced
ingredient quantities, as a light lunch.

Serves 4 | 4 ProPoints/160 Calories per portion (approx)

Ingredients

800g white fish (200g per person)
Salt and pepper
Garlic (fresh, 2 cloves)
Ginger (fresh, small piece)
Chilli (fresh, 2 medium size)
Chinese 5 Spice Powder (pinch)(optional)
Fish sauce (splash)(optional)
Mushrooms (sliced) (optional)
Bean sprouts (2 bags)
Vegetables (sliced)(mange tout, red cabbage, onion, baby spinach, etc.)
300ml water
1 tspn chilli powder
2 dstspn artificial sweetener

Method

1) Whether frozen or fresh, wrap the white fish fillets in foil (with a splash of water and a pinch of salt and pepper per fillet) and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

2) Ten minutes before the fish is due to finish cooking, finely chop the garlic, ginger and 1 chilli and gently fry in a wok or large saucepan with a couple of squirts of 1Cal spray oil.  Add a splash of fish sauce to stop any burn and a pinch of Chinese 5 spice powder, if desired.

3) Add the finely sliced vegetables and bean sprouts and cook until soft/wilted. Add the sliced mushrooms and cook for a minute until soft.

4) While the vegetables are softening, prepare the chilli sauce drizzle by bringing 300ml of water to the boil in a small saucepan.  Add the remaining finely chopped fresh chilli, the chilli powder and artificial sweetener to the water and continue boiling until the water has reduced slightly.

5) Serve by making a bed of the bean sprouts and vegetables on a plate, arrange the fish on top and drizzle over some of the chilli sauce.

Notes/Ideas

If you don't like too much spiciness, leave out of the fresh chilli that is in the vegetables and reduce the quantity of garlic and ginger used.  You may want to halve the amount of chilli powder used in the drizzle.

We have deliberately left the type of fish used here vague, only describing 'white' fish. You can buy different types of white fish such as cod and pollock, either frozen or fresh.  To keep the cost low, we used frozen pollock in our meal for the photo.  Avoid fish such as salmon or smoked haddock, as these contain more calories/ProPoints.

Substitute the fish with chicken.  A skinless medium breast will increase the calorie count and ProPoints accordingly; generally, we cook the chicken breast in the oven, just like the fish, for about 30-35 minutes.