Best Veracruzana Fish Recipes

PESCADO A LA VERACRUZANA (VERACRUZ-STYLE FISH)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a rectangular baking dish large enough to fit the fish fillets in a single layer.
• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in plum tomatoes and red bell pepper; simmer until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato puree; cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir salt, bouillon cube, oregano, cinnamon, pepper, and bay leaves into the saucepan. Cook until flavors combine, about 10 minutes. Add olives and capers; simmer for 5 minutes. Remove sauce from heat.
• Melt butter in a separate skillet over medium heat. Season fish fillets with salt and pepper; cook in the hot butter until browned, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• Lay fish fillets in the baking dish in a single layer; cover with sauce. Arrange sliced peppers on top. Cover baking dish tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes.

VERACRUZANA FISH

Steps:

• Cut the onion into very thin slices. Grate the tomatoes to get all their flesh. Heat olive oil in a large skillet and sauté onion over medium heat until soft and slightly golden. Add the tomato pulp and allow to stir-fry for 5 minutes more. Cut olives into small pieces and add to skillet. Add the capers and stir with a wooden spoon to incorporate all ingredients well. Chop finely and add chilies. Let the sauce cook for approximately 10 minutes or until thickened. Season with salt and pepper and reserve the sauce.
• Cut the fish fillets and bring the sauce back to the fire. When boiling, add fish fillets and ½ cup of water to prevent the sauce becomes too dry.
• Let cook on medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes (depending on thickness of fillets).
• Serve fillets with a good amount of sauce and spread cilantro or parsley.

FISH VERACRUZANA

Steps:

• Put potatoes through thick slicing blade of food processor.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in non-stick skillet or 3 tablespoons in regular skillet. Saute onions over medium high heat until they begin to take on color. Push to the side and add potatoes. Cook, stirring often, until potatoes begin to take on color.
• Put bell peppers and chilies through thick slicing blade of food processor . Add to potatoes with lime juice, garlic and black pepper. Reduce heat and cook until potatoes and peppers are beginning to soften.
• Chop cilantro and add 1/3 cup to skillet, along with tomato puree and fish. Cover fish with vegetables and cook until fish is done, about 8 minutes, depending on thickness of fish.
• Serve the fish with the remaining chopped cilantro for garnish and the lime wedges.

VERACRUZANA FISH

Steps:

• Rinse filets. Pat them dry and salt and pepper them. Put the flour in a flat dish and pass the fish over it to get a thin coat. Set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and put in garlic, moving it around so that it doesn't brown. Pour tomatoes in when garlic gets tender and saute them for a couple of minutes. Pour in white wine and stir gently so as not to mush up the tomatoes. Mix in oregano and capers and lower heat. Simmer for about three minutes and add salt and pepper to taste. Lower heat to the minumum or turn off is tomatoes are already wilted. In a separate pan heat the remaining three tablespoons olive oil. Put in fish filets. Cook on one side until slightly brown, turn and cook the other side. Serve on plate and pour tomato mixture over it. Goes well with rice.