BAKED SEA BASS WITH POTATOES, TOMATOES AND ONIONS

Baked Sea Bass With Potatoes, Tomatoes and Onions image

Provided by Mark Bittman

Time 1h

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

6 tablespoons olive oil
6 medium all-purpose potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
6 medium ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/4-inch slices
3 medium onions, thinly sliced
Salt
Black pepper
9 unpeeled garlic cloves, crushed
6 fresh thyme sprigs, plus more for garnish
6 fresh rosemary sprigs, plus more for garnish
6 whole small sea bass or other fish about 4 pounds total, scaled and gutted

Steps:

Heat the oven to 350. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the oil in the bottom of a large roasting pan. Spread half the potatoes in the pan in a single layer, followed by half the tomatoes and half the onions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and repeat the layers. Scatter the garlic, thyme and rosemary on top and drizzle with 3 tablespoons of the oil. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, rinse the fish with cold water to remove any blood or traces of viscera. Make three deep, parallel crosswise cuts on each side of each fish. Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper. Uncover the roasting pan and lay the fish on top of the vegetables. Raise the oven temperature to 375. Bake until the fish is opaque and flakes easily near its backbone, and the potatoes are fork tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Drizzle with the remaining tablespoon oil, garnish with more thyme and rosemary sprigs and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 492, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 50 grams, Fat 17 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 39 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 1327 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams