Recipe: ASIAN BLACK COD

1 cup chicken broth
2 tbs hoisin sauce
1 tbs rice vinegar
2 tsp vegetable oil
4 black cod or halibut fish fillets
8 oz shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, caps cut in strips
1 medium red bell pepper, cut in strips
1 tbs minced ginger
1/2 tsp minced jalapeno or serrano chile
1/2 cup sliced green onions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Rimmed baking sheet lined with foil.
2. Mix broth, hoisin and vinegar.
3. Heat oil in a skillet. Cook fillets in skillet, skin side up, until browned. Place fillets skin side down on baking sheet. Bake fillets 12 min. or until fish is cooked through.
4. Saute in same skillet the mushrooms, bell pepper, ginger and chile 5 min. Stir in green onions and the broth mixture, cook 30 seconds.
5. Spoon vegetables onto each serving plate and top each with a fillet. SPOON BROTH OVER FILLETS AND SERVE.

Makes 4 servings.