Pan-Fried Fish With Bacon-Mushroom Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    For Bacon-Mushroom Sauce
    4 slices bacon (chopped)
    1 medium onion (chopped)
    3/4 cup heavy cream
    2 green onions (chopped)
    2 teaspoons cornstarch
    1 tablespoon water
    4 ounces button mushrooms (sml size & sliced thinly)
    For Fish Fillets
    4 large white fish fillets
    1/4 cup flour
    1/4 cup butter
Preparation
    For Bacon-Mushroom Sauce:
    Put bacon & onion in a sml saucepan over med-heat. Stir constantly & cook for 2 min or till onion is soft.
    Add cream, shallots & cornstarch blended w/water. Stir constantly till mixture boils & begins to thicken.
    Add mushrooms, simmer for 1 min & set aside.
    For Fish Fillets:
    Dredge fish fillets in flour & shake off any excess (I just shake them gently in a sml plastic bag filled w/the flour).
    Heat butter in a lrg frying pan, add fish in a single layer & cook over med-heat for about 4 min on ea side or till fish is tender.
    To Serve: Spoon sauce equally over ea fish fillet & serve immediately (I also sprinkle the final assembly w/fresh parsley & a few capers).
    NOTE: If the sauce becomes thicker than desired, warm gently over low heat & add sml amts of milk or cream to thin it to your desired consistency.

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