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Fish in tomato sauce
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Fish in tomato sauce

Pieces of white fish cooked covered in tomato sauce; in the generic version, chraime: garlic and hot pepper in oil, paprika, cumin and tomato paste, with lemon and cilantro.

⏱ 27 min🧩 2 parts
⚖ Pareve🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Tomato sauce

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the tomato paste, olive oil, garlic, paprika and cumin with the salt.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    Add the cumin and paprika and stir about a minute, until fragrant.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Add the lemon juice to the bubbling sauce.
  2. 5
    Pat the fish pieces dry with paper towels and place it in the sauce, skin side down, and spoon some of the sauce over it. Cover and cook over medium-low heat 12–15 minutes, until the fish flakes easily.
    StoveLid
    💡Pat the fish dry and don't overcook it: wet fish thins the sauce, and overcooked fish dries out and falls apart.
  3. 6
    Turn off the heat and sprinkle the cilantro over the top.
331calories
39 gprotein
6 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 48%● carbs 7%● fat 45%

Per serving (287 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)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Fish pieces · Za'atar on the fish · Salt and pepper on the fish · Fried eggplant · White wine · Lemon juice · Lemon slices on the fish · Cinnamon · Smoked paprika · Lemon slices for serving · Preserved lemon in the sauce · Cream in the sauce · basil · Cilantro · Parsley · Serving (with bread) · Red pepper in the sauce · Chickpeas in the sauce · Potatoes in the sauce · Water to cover · Fish cut into pieces (medium) · A little lemon juice on the fish (Lemon juice) · Lime juice at the end · Green onion on top
  • Wine cooking time (minutes): 3
  • Cooking the pepper and chickpeas in the sauce (minutes): 5
  • Name of the fried fish in the steps: the fried fish

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