Yesterday and today again I made fish for dinner. Yesterday I wanted fresh lake perch which is so plentiful on Fridays around here during Lent, but everywhere has it deep fried. No denying, everything is better deep fried, but we know we should stay away from fats and oil. So I bought some lake perch myself and lightly floured and seasoned it and bake in the oven with a little olive oil at 450 degrees. Not bad, and it served as a good perch fix!
Today I made Basa, aka Vietnamese Catfish (so inexpensive) and used a light Herb Citrus Vinaigrette -pictured above-from Marie Simmons Fast and Fresh Cookbook. It really is easy and adds good flavor to the fish.
Basa w/Herb Citrus Vinaigrette
Olive oil to coat fish
1/2 tsp lemon zest
1/2 tsp orange zest
1 tsp. garlic finely chopped
1 Tbl fresh dill
1 Tbl fresh basil
1 Tbl italian parsley chopped
1 tsp fresh thyme
1/4 cup olive oil
3 Tbl fresh lemon juice
2 Tbl cold water
1 Tbl sun dried tomatoes minced
salt & fresh ground pepper to taste
Mix vinaigrette ingredients together. (You can do this while the fish is cooking.)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Very lightly coat fish with olive oil so it stays moist. Bake fish 6-10 mnutes until almost done. Remove from oven and pour vinaigrette evenly overeach piece of fish. Place back in hot oven for a few minutes. Remove from oven and serve. Do not overcook fish.
Note- Marie Simmons recipe uses halibut.
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