
Thar be gold up in them thar hills!
OK so I'll admit it. Tonight's dinner was stolen wholesale from Last Night's Dinner. I know, I know. But wait. Fuck that. It was delicious. Seriously delicious.
I did make some changes though. First, I got arctic char instead of salmon since salmon is either ridiculously expensive or farm-raised; neither of which I am interested in. Second, um, I put some onions and celery in the sauté prior to the lentils, but pretty much what you read there is what I made. Like I mean even to the point of the pan sauce of mustard, white wine and meyer lemon juice. This is pretty much one of the best things I have made in a while.

I'm a little lentil, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is... wait a second. I'm a sugar bowl!
Swiss Chard, Lentils and Fish
Yeah, I stole this. Yeah I'm putting a recipe here. You got a problem. They didn't put one, so I figure someone had to share this love. I made more lentils they were right. They rule.
- 1 1/2 cups lentils (I used beluga!)
- 1 bunch swiss chard, leaves separated from stems. Stems chopped, leaves cut into ribbons.
- 1 small onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed
- 7 springs thyme
- 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 3 tbls sherry vinegar
- 2 fillets salmon or arctic char (or anything really)
- 2 tbls dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 2 tbls butter
- juice of two meyer lemons (or some lemon juice)
- olive oil, salt and pepper
- Heat up some olive oil in a sauté pan big enough to hold the lentils and stock; add the onions, stems and celery when the oil shimmers, a pinch of salt and turn down the heat.
- Add the garlic when the vegetation is soft, after another 45-60 seconds, add the lentils and the stock. Bring to a boil, lid and reduce to simmer.
- When the lentils are almost soft, add the leaves and re-lid. Heat up 1 tbls of olive oil in another frying pan.
- Season the fish on both sides and place skin side down in the hot pan. After 3-4 minutes (or when the fillets easily separate from the bottom of the pan), flip over. Cook on the other side until the sides barely turn color. Remove from heat.
- Deglaze with white wine, add the lemon juice and mustard and stir well. Bring to a boil and reduce by 1/3. Add the butter.
- By this point the chard will have wilted; stir it in and the vinegar. Plate and put the fish on top. Then spoon on some sauce
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