Skip to main content
Main

Catfish Pasta Primavera

A pasta dish with catfish, peppers, peas, and a buttery wine sauce, topped with Parmesan and dill.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 17 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Catfish Pasta Primavera

Timeabout 3 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cook fettuccine according to package directions; drain.

  2. In a large skillet, cook red pepper, yellow pepper, green pepper, pea pods, onions, and shallots in butter or margarine until peppers are just crisp-tender.

  3. Remove vegetables from skillet.

Cook the catfish

  1. Add white wine, salt, and pepper to skillet.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Add catfish.

  4. Return to boil; reduce heat.

  5. Simmer, uncovered, about 3 minutes or until catfish flakes easily.

  6. Stirring occasionally, add sun-dried tomatoes if desired.

Bake and serve

  1. Return vegetables to skillet, tossing gently to coat.

  2. Place cooked fettuccine in a large serving bowl.

  3. Add catfish mixture, tossing to coat.

  4. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and dill.

  5. Stir gently to mix.

  6. Serve with fresh Parmesan cheese and pepper.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

698Calories
49 gProtein
37 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Catfishnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Fettuccine
Forms the bulk of the dish and carries the sauce and vegetables.
Butter or margarine
Adds richness and fat for cooking the vegetables and coating the pasta.
Dry white wine or chicken broth
Adds liquid and acidity to the skillet, creating a light sauce for the catfish.
U.s. farm-raised catfish
Provides the main protein, cooking gently to stay tender and flake easily.
Parmesan cheese
Adds salty, savory depth and helps coat the pasta and vegetables.
Pea pods
Add crisp texture and fresh sweetness to the vegetable mix.

The step that matters

Simmer the catfish only until it flakes. Fish protein sets quickly and turns dry and tough when overcooked, so it should be removed from heat as soon as it flakes easily.

Swap the tomato

The recipe marks tomato as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, onion, shallot, butter, white wine, catfish, olive):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, onion, shallot, butter, white wine, catfish, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

You might also like

Tomato SoupTomato Soup526 recipesCream of Tomato SoupCream of Tomato Soup107 recipesMacaroni and CheeseMacaroni and Cheese102 recipesTomato BisqueTomato Bisque61 recipes