Easy Fish Florentine

Time :20

Yield :4 servings

Recipe Background

Skip the hours and hours of travel and spend 20 minutes in the kitchen instead! Easy Fish Florentine brings you the taste of France without the jetlag or the emptying of your bank account. Each bite of flaky fish soaked in the creamy, spinach-filled sauce will make you feel like you're wondering the cobblestone streets of the most beautiful European city there is. So, stay home, make Easy Fish Florentine, and enjoy!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil divided
1 tablespoon salted butter divided
1 cup red bell pepper chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
9 ounces fresh baby spinach
kosher salt to taste
black pepper to taste
1/4 cup 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
1/4 cup half-and-half
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese grated
4 (5-ounce) white fish fillets such as cod or halibut, boneless and skinless, thick-cut

Directions

In a large skillet over medium heat, add 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil and 1/2 tablespoon of the butter.
Toss the red bell peppers and the garlic into the butter-oil mixture and cook, about 4 minutes.
Add the spinach, the salt, and the pepper to the garlic mixture and cook until the spinach wilts. Pour the mixture into a large bowl.
Add the cream cheese, the half-and-half, and the parmesan cheese to the spinach mixture and mix well until the cream cheese is melted and the mixture resembles creamed spinach.
In a second skillet over medium high heat, add the remaining oil and the remaining butter.
Evenly season both sides of the fish fillets with the salt and the pepper.
Add the seasoned fish fillets to the butter-oil mixture and cook, about 6 minutes.
Flip the fish fillets and cook until they reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees F and are browned, about 5 minutes.
Serve the fish fillets topped with the spinach mixture.