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We love this dish. It feels like comfort food in your tummy, but doesn't sit like comfort food on your hips. Comfy food made with fish that is healthy? Strange, I know- but true! This recipe is fast (20 minutes or less from start to finish) and fool-proof easy.

Halibut in Thai Curry Broth
Fat- 8 grams Calories- 396 Protein- 42 grams Fiber- 3.5 grams
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
4 shallots, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup)
2 1/2 teaspoons red curry paste, or 2 teaspoons curry powder
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup light coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus 1/4 teaspoon, plus more for seasoning
4 (6-ounce) pieces halibut fillet, skin removed
2 cups Steamed spinach
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 scallions, green part only, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Freshly ground black pepper
2 cups cooked brown rice, for serving

In a large saute pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the curry paste and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chicken broth, coconut milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt and simmer until reduced to 2 cups, about 5 minutes.

Season the halibut with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Arrange the fish in the pan and gently shake the pan so the fish is coated with the sauce. Cover and cook until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 7 minutes.

Arrange a pile of steamed spinach in the bottom of 4 soup plates. Top with the fish fillets. Stir the cilantro, scallions, and lime juice into the sauce and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Ladle the sauce over the fish and serve with rice.

Jesse Notes:
I knew Cori wouldn't be excited about the spinach, so I used 2 cups of fresh green beans that I steamed for 15 minutes. Also, my supermarket didn't have halibut, so I used fillet of sole. I think any mild white fish would be great in this recipe. The sole was so flaky that it just fell apart in the broth. So I served it up by putting the rice and green beans in the bowls first and then filling the bowls up with the fish and the broth. It is seriously so delicious. If you're not a cilantro and lime fan, the broth has tons of flavor with out it. Oh, in the interest of time, I used uncle bens ready rice. The kind you pop into the microwave for 90 seconds. The nutrition stats are actually structured around this rice.