Coconut Poached Cod

Name: Poached Angler (Coconut Poached Cod)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced; 1 stalk lemongrass, or a handful of cilantro (we used cilantro); 4 cloves garlic, minced, or until your ancestors say stop; 2 cups vegetable broth; 2 tbsp lime zest; 2 cups coconut milk; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 lb boneless, skinless cod, cut into 6 pieces; 3 baby bok choy, quartered; 5 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced; 2 tbsp lime juice, or lime wedges, for serving; salt and pepper, to taste; cooked rice, for serving

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Kevin took on the "thermal fish" for our Fallout x Fortnite crossover. Ginger, garlic and cilantro (standing in for lemongrass we couldn't find) hit the hot oil, then broth and lime zest bubbled away until Kevin declared the smell "just tantalizing." It even covered the fish sauce, which smells really not great but tastes delicious.

Coconut milk went in, the cod poached to 140, and it was so tender the pieces were falling apart on the way out. Bok choy and shiitakes finished in the broth.

Then the honest part. The sauce, rice, mushrooms and bok choy were "very, very good," and it "tastes better than it smells," but the cod itself was not for us. The final ruling: don't poach it. Fry it with chips instead.

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