Citrus Fillets

Submitted by loof751

"From an old Dallas Cowboys Wives cookbook - fish with a great tropical flair!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 lbs fish fillets
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 3 lemons, sliced
• 3 oranges, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup butter, cut into pats
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 5 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 3⁄4 cup apricot preserves
• 3⁄4 cup pineapple preserves
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons water

directions

1. Grease a 13x9 baking dish. Place sliced onions in a layer on the bottom of the pan.
2. Place fish fillets on top of the onions and season with the seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder, crushed red pepper flakes, and parsley.
3. Place the bay leaves in the pan around the fish. Squeeze the lemon and orange slices over the fish, then place the slices around the fish in the pan.
4. Place pats of butter around the fish in the pan.
5. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
6. In a small saucepan, warm the apricot and pineapple preserves with the water.
7. After the 20 minutes, remove from oven and remove foil. Drain most of the liquid from the pan.
8. Spoon the warmed preserves over the fish. Sprinkle the pecans over the preserves.
9. Bake at 350 degrees, uncovered, for 10 more minutes.

Reviews

[2Bleu]

Mixed reviews here. I made as directed (1/2 recipe) with talapia but added almonds as well. Buddha gave it 5 stars all the way even though he didn't like the nuts. I didn't like the onion layer at all and it seemed that that is all I could smell.... on the fish, the white rice, and the corn cobs that accompanied the dish. I did like the nuts as it gave a nice crunch and they were sweet from the preserves. Made again, I would omit the onion all together but then Buddha would be upset because he loved them. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

 

[Starrynews]

Delicious! What a fun way to prepare fish. I used mahi mahi fillets and subbed in some Mrs. Dash for the seasoning salt. The apricot/pineapple sauce was especially tasty. Thanks for sharing! ~PAC Spring '10~

 

[Sydney Mike]

Cut this recipe in half & used two 8 oz salmon fillets, while pretty much following the list of ingredients! In Sstep 5 the fish was cooked for just 17 minutes & in Step 9 for another 8 minutes, for a wonderful, citrus flavored main course! ABSOLUTELY GREAT WAY TO DO UP FISH! Thanks for a new KEEPER! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[Chef Tweaker]

I tagged this for PRMR so I'm very sorry not to be able to put any stars down for it. I had too many issues... and that isn't common for me. Usually even if I make changes, I can get a recipe to work out for me. First issue was that I discovered that my oranges were actually Seville (sour) oranges so I left out the lemon. I had no pineapple preserves so I used the same amount of canned mock pineapple. Skipped the nuts for family preference. All that by itself should have been fine. But I used frozen cod that hadn't thawed much and it didn't seem to be cooking. Actually it WAS cooking but the flesh was so dense that it threw me off so I ended up overcooking it and it tasted rubbery. The family was gracious but I know it wasn't their favorite. Going by the other reviews I know that this was just a fluke.

 

[morgainegeiser]

Easy to make and very tasty way to make fish. I like the tropical flavor of this fish recipe. I used halibut and they turned out really great.