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Oven-Baked Fish with Lemon and Olive Oil
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Oven-Baked Fish with Lemon and Olive Oil

White fish baked in olive oil and lemon with Mediterranean spices, a light, fresh fish dish

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Juice the lemons and slice one lemon into rounds.
    KnifeCutting boardLemon juicer
  3. 3
    Mix the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, thyme, salt, black pepper and paprika and spread half of the mixture over the fillet.
  4. 4
    Place the fillet in the baking pan.
    Baking pan
  5. 5
    Arrange the lemon slices on the fillet.
  6. 6
    Roast the fillet in a hot oven (200°C / 390°F) 15–20 minutes, until the meat is white and falls apart easily.
    ⚙ Oven roastingOvenBaking pan
    💡A fillet is done when the flesh is opaque even in the thickest part and flakes when pressed with a fork; a few more minutes in the oven and it dries out.
  7. 7
    Pour the rest of the mixture over the fillet.
  8. 8
    Scatter the herbs and capers on top.
362calories
28 gprotein
5 gcarbs
26 gfat
● protein 31%● carbs 5%● fat 64%

Per serving (220 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Lemon juicer · Also works: Fork (Squeeze by hand around a fork; seeds get in)

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