Baked Fish with Lemon and Feta


I like a recipe that requires including every part to a dish and leaving it to cook dinner with no intervention. This easy fish dish is filled with flavour. My serving options embrace serving it with potatoes, rice or pasta, however I’ve bought to confess, generally I don’t even trouble with cooking a aspect dish and serve this lemon feta fish with a giant wedge of crusty bread for dipping within the sauce as a substitute.

Nicky’s Recipe Notes

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Fish – I like to make use of recent basa fillets, which you may get from most supermarkets. Nonetheless, you’ll be able to sub it with any quick-cook skinny fillets of fish, comparable to sole, sea bream or sea bass (see faqs under the recipe card for chunkier fish subs).

Cherry Tomatoes – I exploit cherry tomatoes (grape tomatoes). Use common pink cherry tomatoes, or give the dish extra color with a mixture of pink and yellow cherry tomatoes.

Seasonings – We’re utilizing a mix of salt, pepper, garlic granules, chilli flakes, paprika, and dried oregano.

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***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this put up***

Professional Tip

You possibly can exchange the basa with different quick-cook skinny fillets of fish, comparable to sole, sea bream or sea bass.

This is a wonderful summertime dinner, with recent, zingy flavour.

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  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan)

  • To a big baking dish, add the sliced cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle on the cornflour and toss collectively to coat the tomatoes.

    200 g (7 oz) cherry tomatoes (grape tomatoes), 1 tablespoon cornflour

  • Add the garlic, inventory, parsley, and olive oil and toss every part collectively.

    2 cloves garlic, 120 ml (1/2 cup) rooster inventory, 3 tablespoons finely chopped recent parsley, 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • Add the sliced lemon, capers and feta to the dish and place the basa fillets on prime.

    4 boneless basa fillets (about 500g/1.1lb), 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons capers, 200 g (7oz) feta cheese

  • Combine collectively the paprika, oregano, chilli flakes, garlic powder, salt and pepper and sprinkle on the basa fillets.

    1 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ½ teaspoon chilli flakes, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper

  • Drizzle the fish with the olive oil, then place within the oven for 15-20 minutes, till the fish is cooked via, and the tomatoes are tender.

    1 tablespoon olive oil

  • Serve with potatoes, rice, or pasta, topped with recent parsley and black pepper.

    Freshly chopped parsley, Black pepper, Potatoes

Dietary info is approximate, per individual (this recipe serves 4) NOT together with the serving options of potatoes/rice/pasta.

Energy: 387kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 30g | Fats: 25g | Saturated Fats: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 10g | Ldl cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 1348mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g

Vitamin info is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

🍽️ What to serve it with



? Incessantly Requested Questions

Can I put together it forward?

Sure you’ll be able to put together this recipe forward. Prep the recipe proper as much as simply earlier than you add the oil. The quilt and refrigerate (as much as a day). Take away from the fridge 1 hour earlier than cooking to take the chilliness off. Drizzle on the oil and cook dinner as per the remainder of the directions.

The place can I discover basa fillets?

I’ve discovered them in Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco and Aldi.

Can I exploit frozen fish?

Sure, however you will want so as to add extra cooking time. You’ll want to use quick-cook skinny fillets of fish – comparable to basa, sole, sea bream or sea bass. Add an additional 5-10 minutes to the cooking time and verify the fish is piping scorching all through and flaky so you already know it’s accomplished.
Alternatively you should buy frozen basa fillets and defrost earlier than utilizing.

Can I exploit a chunkier fish comparable to salmon or haddock?

Sure, however you will want so as to add somewhat extra cooking time. This might be 1 -5 minutes, relying on the kind of fish and thickness. Add an additional minute initially to the cooking time, then verify the fish. It ought to be piping scorching all through and flaky so you already know it’s accomplished. Prepare dinner for longer till you attain this level.

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