
For Christmas Eve this year my sister-n-law and I decided to do something a little different…
In most Christmas comedy movies, the family ends up getting Chinese after the home cooked dinner goes wrong, so we decided let’s make our own Chinese dinner for Christmas Eve.
This homemade Asian Orange sauce is so easy! Make a tasty, quick and healthy dinner ready in under an hour, that you can use over fish or chicken!
This sauce has a delicious umami flavor and it’s full of ginger and garlic plus a little heat from the red chili paste. The best thing about making your own sauces and condiments is you can adjust the recipe to suit yourself.
Serve this fish with my Garlicky Ginger Green beans and white rice.
Ingredients
- 6 -4 oz. portions Grouper or white filets
- 6 Clove Garlic
- 1 tablespoon Ginger
- ½ teaspoon Red Chili Paste
- ¼ cup Orange marmalade
- 1 tablespoon Soy sauce, low sodium
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoon Sesame oil
- Zest of one orange, for garnish
- Green onions, for garnish
Cilantro, for garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
In a saucepan over medium high heat add orange marmalade, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, rice vinegar and paste. Stir until thoroughly combined and just beginning to boil. Set aside.
Add olive oil to an ovenproof frypan and turn to medium high heat. As it warms, pepper both sides of the fish and add to the frypan. Sauté fish 3-4 minutes until browned. Flip filets over and spoon about a tablespoon of sauce over each filet.
Place in the oven for 5-6 minutes until the fish flakes easily.
Spoon remaining sauce over baked portions.
Top with orange zest and cilantro.