Prep Time: 2o minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Sesame Carrots Ingredients
- 2 pound bag of carrots
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- Salt and pepper
- ¼ cup or more sesame seeds
Steps
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Chop 2 pounds of carrots in jagged shapes, not too small, not too large (about 4 or 5 chops per carrot).
- Toss the carrots in avocado oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle the carrots generously with sesame seeds.
- Bake for 45 minutes, flipping halfway through.
Ginger Sauce Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoons ginger, grated
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 3 cups broth
- Splash white wine vinegar
- 1 more tablespoon butter
- Salt and pepper
Steps
- Melt butter in a medium pot over medium low heat.
- Add onion and cook until translucent.
- Add garlic and ginger in the last minute of cooking
- Add wine and broth and bring just to a boil.
- Reduce until liquid is about ½ the original volume. This will take about 10 minutes or more over medium low heat.
- Remove from heat.
- Blend sauce in magic bullet or with immersion blender.
- Add additional butter and stir until melted.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
Tilapia Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter (more if needed)
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil (more if needed)
- 2 pounds tilapia
- Salt and pepper
Steps
- In pan melt 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon avocado oil.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle tilapia with salt and pepper.
- Place tilapia in pan and cook on each side for 2 minutes.
- Gently remove from heat. Put on plate next to sesame carrots
- Drizzle sesame carrots and tilapia with ginger sauce.
Yields 4 servings
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