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Fish with Capers and Olives
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Fish with Capers and Olives

A perfect Mediterranean fish in a tomato, caper and olive sauce - a quick, impressive dish with amazing flavors

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Tomato sauce

  1. 1
    Sprinkle the za'atar, salt and black pepper over the fish pieces.
  2. 2
    In a bowl, mix the halved cherry tomatoes, olive oil and garlic.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  3. 3
    Add and fry 3 minutes, until the peppers soften.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  4. 4
    Add the halved cherry tomatoes, olives and capers and cook 2 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes soften, burst and release their juices.
    Stove

To assemble

  1. 5
    Pour the wine into the sauce and cook 3 minutes, until the smell of alcohol cooks off.
    Stove
  2. 6
    Add the lemon juice to the bubbling sauce.
  3. 7
    Place the fish pieces in the sauce, skin side down, and spoon some of the sauce over it. Cover and cook over medium-low heat 8–10 minutes, until the fish flakes easily.
    StoveLid
    💡Don't overcook: overcooked fish dries out and falls apart in the sauce.
  4. 8
    Turn off the heat and sprinkle the grated lemon zest and parsley over the top.
376calories
29 gprotein
6 gcarbs
23 gfat
● protein 33%● carbs 7%● fat 59%

Per serving (346 g), of 4 servings

For the Tomato sauce · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)

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