Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Ladies Night - Orange Juice Fish

Just made this totally healthy and totally awesome baked fish. Unfortunately don't have pictures to show you how it turned out but it was delicious!! I love the subtle sweet and tanginess of the Oranges as the base for this dish. I've used a white fish (Basa) as my base as it has the mildest flavour of it's own and goes very well with the tangy and vibrant flavours in this dish.

Ingredients:
1 fillet of Basa or Surmai (around 200gm)

For the Marinade:
Juice of 2 oranges (you need around 1 cup or 200ml)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1/4tsp pepper powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil

To Garnish:
A good handful of chopped coriander - like 3 tbsp full

Others: you will need an oven, oven dish, aluminium foil and some oil spray or like 2 drops of oil to line the dish

Method:
I took an oven tray, put an oven proof dish on top of the tray and line the tray with a little bit of oil. on top of that put a big chunk of aluminium foil and put the fish on top of that foil.
Put the marinade on top of the fish and top with coriander
Wrap the foil completely around the fish so that it is completely sealed
Keep marinated for around 15 minutes or even overnight in the refrigerator
Preheat your oven at 160 degrees and once the oven is hot, put the oven dish with your fish wrapped in aluminium foil and bake for 20 minutes

Once you Have baked it, keep it closed only until the time you need to serve it so hen you open the foil, you will be embraced by the hot and fresh tangy and sweet and salty aroma of this lovely fish.

I had this fish with some sauteed spinach, the recipe of which I will share with you soon and some baked potatoes which I baked at the same time as the fish.

Voila, fancy meal in minutes!

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