Pan-fried Fish With Bacon-mushroom Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon (chopped)
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 2 green onions (chopped)
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water
• 4 ounces button mushrooms (sml size & sliced thinly)
• 4 large fish fillets
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup butter

Recipe

• 1 for bacon-mushroom sauce:.
• 2 put bacon & onion in a sml saucepan over med-heat. stir constantly & cook for 2 min or till onion is soft.
• 3 add cream, shallots & cornstarch blended w/water. stir constantly till mixture boils & begins to thicken.
• 4 add mushrooms, simmer for 1 min & set aside.
• 5 for fish fillets:.
• 6 dredge fish fillets in flour & shake off any excess (i just shake them gently in a sml plastic bag filled w/the flour).
• 7 heat butter in a lrg frying pan, add fish in a single layer & cook over med-heat for about 4 min on ea side or till fish is tender.
• 8 to serve: spoon sauce equally over ea fish fillet & serve immediately (i also sprinkle the final assembly w/fresh parsley & a few capers).
• 9 note: if the sauce becomes thicker than desired, warm gently over low heat & add sml amts of milk or cream to thin it to your desired consistency.