Portuguese Baked Fish

Submitted by *Parsley*

"You can use any mild, white fish fillets for this."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 - 2 lbs haddock fillets, can use cod, flounder etc
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable juice or 1/2 cup tomato juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 bay leaf

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Lightly grease a baking dish. Place fish fillets in the baking dish, lightly sprinkle w/ salt & pepper and set aside.
3. In a skillet, melt butter, then saute the onions, celery and tomatoes in butter until tender.
4. To skillet, add veg juice, lemon juice, sugar, garlic and bay leaf; cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.
5. Remove bay leaf from sauce.
6. Pour this sauce evenly over fish fillets in the baking dish.
7. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until fillets are opaque.

Reviews

[janiceburch]

Wonderful and easy! It has great flavors, colors and textures. I suggest serving over yellow rice!