Arctic Char with Yogurt Sauce (and Coconut Sticky Rice!)

Made this for the first time last night and it was scrumptious. Huge hit with the fam. Plus, I learned how to make coconut sticky rice. BONUS. If you can't easily find arctic char, just substitute salmon.

Arctic Char with Cilantro-Yogurt Sauce (and Coconut Sticky Rice)

Sauce:

1/2 cup 2% Greek-style plain yogurt

1/4 cup finely chopped peeled cucumber

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

1/2 teaspoon fresh lime juice

1/8 teaspoon salt

Fish:

2 teaspoons olive oil

4 (6-ounce) arctic char or salmon fillets, skinned

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

 

Rice:

 

1 14oz can light coconut milk

 

1cup jasmine rice

 

1/2 teaspoon salt

 

 

1. Combine first 5 ingredients; chill.

2. Bring jasmine rice, 1/2 teaspoon salt and coconut milk to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes until done.

3. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle fillets with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Add fillets to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until done. Serve fillets with sauce.

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Since all three parts contain salt, now would be a good time to discuss it.

Sea Salt vs. Table Salt

After pouring through too many articles, my summation is that natural sea salt is unprocessed so it is not touched by any chemicals or machines and contains additional mineral content and less actual sodium. So yes, sea salt is better for you.

However, it is also very important to get the iodized kind. I had no idea, but (from Wikipedia) "Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects about two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation. It also causes thyroid gland problems, including endemic goiter. In many countries, iodine deficiency is a major public health problem that can be cheaply addressed by iodisation of salt." So yeah, get the iodized kind. I recently found and bought Hain Pure Foods Iodized Sea Salt.