Thai Steamed Snapper

Why it’s awesome:

• This simple yet delicious meal delivers 11 Vitamins and 10 Minerals!
• Snapper is full of Omega-3 Fatty acids for a healthy heart (est. 829 mg).
• 10:1 of Protein to Fat so no need to watch your waist eating this meal!

How to eat it:

• This tasty meal would be great for a lunch (you could impress all your co-workers bringing this in)!
• You can also try this for breakfast just make sure you eat enough to keep you going throughout the day! Remeber: Big, Medium, Small

What you need:

• 1 (1 pound) skinless fillet of snapper or other white fish
• Salt
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
• 1 green onion, thinly sliced
• 2 Thai or serrano chiles, seeded and cut into very thin strips
• 1 lime, Grated zest of
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• Cilantro leaves for garnish
• Lime wedges

How to make it:

• Arrange a steamer basket or cake rack in a large wok or deep skillet
• Add enough water to reach just below the rack
• Set aside

• Place fish on a large piece of oiled parchment paper and season with salt.
• Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add ginger, green onions and chiles and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant but not browned (about 1 minute)
• Stir in lime zest and fish sauce and cook for about 10 seconds more.
• Pour mixture over fish and wrap up parchment paper snugly to form a packet.

• Carefully transfer fish to rack in wok or skillet.
• Bring water to a simmer over medium heat
• Cover and steam until fish is just cooked through (8 to 10 minutes)
• Carefully remove parchment packet from wok and transfer to a large plate.
• Garnish with cilantro and lime wedges.

Substitutes to try:

• Any other white fish is fine as long as you are getting the freshest fish that has scales and fins. If it doesn’t have scales and fins it’s NO GOOD!

Tip: Turn a good meal great by serving this with more veggies! Your body takes things in equal part protein and vegetable so try to do that with this meal!

Nutritional Info: (estimates per serving)

200 calories
500 mg sodium
1 g carbohydrate
31 g protein

Serving size: 2-4