New Year Sea Bass Salad

Total Time: 34 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cantaloupe or 1/4 honeydew melon
• 1 grapefruit
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced sweet pickled ginger
• 1 medium carrot, shredded
• 1/4 lb jicama, shredded (3 inch wedge) (optional)
• 3 -4 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons plum sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 6 ounces salmon fillets
• 6 ounces firm fish fillets, such as sea bass
• 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lime juice
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts
• 1 green onion, slivered

Recipe

• 1 peel melon and cut into crescents.
• 2 segment grapefruit by cutting away the peel and pith; cut and lift out segments.
• 3 (for a real time-saver, buy these already prepared in your grocery store) in a bowl, combine melon, grapefruit, ginger, carrot, and jicama.
• 4 combine dressing ingredients in a small bowl, and set aside.
• 5 place sesame seeds in a small frying pan over medium heat; cook, shaking pan continuously, until lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
• 6 (for another time-saver, toast these in your micro-wave).
• 7 immediately remove from pan to cool.
• 8 remove any skin and bones from fish.
• 9 thinly slice fish across the grain to make pieces about 1 by 2 inches.
• 10 fan slices on a serving platter, alternating pink and fish.
• 11 in a small bowl, combine lime juice, oil and pepper and drizzle over fish.
• 12 to assemble.
• 13 drizzle lime juice mixture over fish.
• 14 mound salad mixture in center of fish.
• 15 spoon dressing over the salad, and garnish with peanuts, sesame seed and green onions.