SALVADORIAN BAKED FISH

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My grandmother has been making this recipe for our family for as long I can remember. This will work on any white fish. To our family, when it comes to cooking fish, it needed to be perfect. Believe me, if you only knew! This recipe is a real winner.

Provided by Jay

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

¼ cup olive oil, divided
2 large whole white fish, butterflied, rinsed, and patted dry
1 tablespoon garlic powder
salt and ground black pepper to taste
8 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup fresh lime juice
2 lemons, thinly sliced
2 Roma (plum) tomatoes, thinly sliced
1 Spanish onion, thinly sliced
1 green bell pepper, chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking dish with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
Rub remaining olive oil over the fish fillets and place into the baking dish. Season fish with garlic powder, salt, and black pepper; top with minced garlic. Drizzle lime juice over the fish. Arrange lemon slices, tomato slices, onion slices, and bell pepper slices atop the fish. Cover baking dish tightly with aluminum foil.
Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 30 to 40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 533.8 calories, Carbohydrate 13.3 g, Cholesterol 182.1 mg, Fat 27.2 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 59.7 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 159.4 mg, Sugar 3.3 g