Sweet and Tangy Chili Lime Baked Steelhead with Crema
Tasty, Southwest-style B.C. steelhead fillets, baked and served with rich crema. Serve the fish with rice and a steamed green vegetable, or with a side salad.
Recipe - Qualicum
Sweet and Tangy Chili Lime Baked Steelhead with Crema
Prep Time20 Minutes
Servings2
Cook Time12 Minutes
Ingredients
2 Tbsp sour cream
1 1/2 tsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp finely grated lime zest
1/2 tsp fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp honey
pinches ground cumin and salt
2 (6-oz./170-gram) steelhead fillets
1/4 tsp finely grated lime zest
2 tsp lime juice
2 tsp honey
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp ground cumin
pinch ground cayenne pepper
lime slices and cilantro sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Directions
- Make crema by combining its ingredients in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Set the steelhead fillets in the pan. Combine the zest, juice, honey, oil, chili powder, cumin and cayenne pepper for the steelhead in a small bowl. Spoon this mixture over the steelhead. Bake fish 12 minutes, or until just cooked through.
- Set a piece of steelhead on each of 2 dinner plates. Drizzle with the pan juices. Serve fish with the crema, and garnish with limes slices and cilantro sprigs, if using.
20 minutes
Prep Time
12 minutes
Cook Time
2
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 2 servings
Dairyland - Sour Cream 14% M.F., 500 Millilitre
Free with 3300 Points Redeemed$4.79$0.96/100ml
Western Family - Real Mayonnaise, 475 Millilitre
$4.39$0.92/100ml
Limes - Fruit, Fresh, 1 Each
$0.99
ReaLime - Lime Juice Squeezers, 125 Millilitre
$2.19$1.75/100ml
Elias - Liquid Honey, 500 Gram
$12.79$2.56/100g
Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram
$6.49$4.19/100g
Salmon - O/W Steelhead Fillets Fresh, 454 Gram
$20.38 avg/ea$4.49/100g
Limes - Fruit, Fresh, 1 Each
$0.99
ReaLime - Lime Juice Squeezers, 125 Millilitre
$2.19$1.75/100ml
Elias - Liquid Honey, 500 Gram
$12.79$2.56/100g
Western Family - Pure Olive Oil, 250 Millilitre
$8.99$3.60/100ml
Mccormick - Chili Powder, 40 Gram
$5.49 was $6.19$13.73/100g
Mccormick - Cumin Ground, 32 Gram
$5.49 was $6.19$17.16/100g
Mccormick - Ground Cayenne Pepper, 33 Gram
$5.49 was $6.99$16.64/100g
Limes - Fruit, Fresh, 1 Each
$0.99
Directions
- Make crema by combining its ingredients in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Set the steelhead fillets in the pan. Combine the zest, juice, honey, oil, chili powder, cumin and cayenne pepper for the steelhead in a small bowl. Spoon this mixture over the steelhead. Bake fish 12 minutes, or until just cooked through.
- Set a piece of steelhead on each of 2 dinner plates. Drizzle with the pan juices. Serve fish with the crema, and garnish with limes slices and cilantro sprigs, if using.