Sweet Potato-Crusted Mahi-Mahi with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Name: Sweet Potato-Crusted Mahi-Mahi with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Yield: feeds 4
Ingredients: 2 red bell peppers; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1/2 cup chopped red onion; 1 shallot, peeled and minced; Pinch each of kosher salt and black pepper; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 1 cup chicken broth or stock (to make your own, see page 168); 1/2 cup Mutha Sauce (page 165); 1 tablespoon heavy cream; Juice of 1/8 lemon; 4 mahi-mahi, tilapia, or other firm, white, 1/2-inch-thick fish fillets (about 1 1/2 pounds); Kosher salt and black pepper; 1/4 cup Creole mustard (preferably Zatarain’s) or Dijon mustard; 2 cups peeled, shredded yams or sweet potatoes; Coarsely ground black pepper; 1/2 to 2/3 cup olive oil

January 24, 2012

We think this is one fine fancy-pants dish. The sweet potato crust not only seals in the succulence of the fish but also gives it a crunchy, caramelized coating. The sauce of roasted red peppers simmered with lots of aromatics makes for a sexy finish.

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