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Bacon-Wrapped Haddock over Chickpea Mash

Instructions

A Seafood Charlie Recipe

Prep: 12 minutes
Cook/Bake: 18 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 8 slices smoked bacon
  • 4 skinless haddock fillets (about 8 ounces each), each cut crosswise in half.
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 garlic clove, minced.
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes.
  • 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas rinsed and drained.
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest.
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper.
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes.
  • 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives.
  • 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves plus additional sprigs for garnish (optional) Lemon wedges for garnish.

Recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place bacon in single layer on rimmed baking pan. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until bacon is 3/4 of the way cooked through. Transfer bacon to paper towel-lined plates to drain.
  2. Line separate rimmed baking pan with aluminium foil or parchment paper. Wrap each piece of fish with 1 piece of bacon and place on prepared pan, tucking ends of bacon under fish to secure. Bake fish 8 to 10 minutes or until fish turns opaque throughout and reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic and crushed red pepper and cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add chickpeas, lemon zest, black pepper and allspice, and cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. With back of fork, slightly mash chickpeas leaving some whole. Add tomatoes with their juice, chives and thyme, and cook 2 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Makes about 2 1/2 cups.
  4. Serve fish over chickpeas mash garnished with lemon wedges and thyme sprigs, if desired.
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New England Baked Haddock

Ingredients

  • 1-1.5 haddock patted dry (or cod)
  • 1cup plain breadcrumbs or seasoned, see note
  • 6tablespoons salted butter melted (see notes)
  • kosher salt and black pepper
  • lemon wedges and fresh parsley for serving (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Put a spoonful of the melted butter in a baking sheet or dish and spread to coat the bottom.
  3. Combine the bread crumbs (1 cup)with the rest of the 6 tablespoons of melted butter.
  4. Salt and pepper both sides of the fish liberally (I used about 1 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper), and lay in the buttered baking dish.
  5. Spread bread crumbs – all of them – evenly over the top of the fish. I use my hands to sprinkle it on (it won’t really stick like traditional breading – it’s more like a topping).
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