Baked Tomato White Fish With Cucumber and Avocado Sauce
Featured In WTFCF Season 2, Episode 01: Tomatoes From The Ceiling. This single dish meal is simple to prepare, as the tomatoes are roasted together with the fish. The cucumber avocado sauce flavored with lime juice provides a perfect complement.
Equipment
- 1 shallow baking dish
Ingredients
- ½ avocado, peeled and pitted
- 1½ tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ⅔ cup cucumber
- 1 tablespoon white onion minced
- sea salt or table salt and pepper to taste
Baked Tomato White Fish
- 2 white fish fillets Note: This recipe works with any whitefish such as cod, halibut, sole or tilapia.
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
- 15 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill
- sea salt or table salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
Prepare The Cucumber Sauce
- Preheat the oven to 400℉.
- In a blender, add ½ avocado, 1½ tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons fresh dill, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon honey, ⅔ cup cucumber, 1 tablespoon minced onion, and salt and pepper to taste. Blend well and set aside.
Prepare The Fish
- In a bowl, add cherry tomatoes, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 minced garlic clove, 2 tablespoons fresh dill, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
- In a shallow dish break and beat 1 egg.
- In a second shallow dish, add 1 cup breadcrumbs, 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Grease a shallow baking dish with oil.
- Dip each fish fillet first in the egg and then into the breadcrumb mixture covering both sides. Place in baking dish.
- Add the tomato mixture beside the fish.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Note: Stir the tomatoes half way through.
- Place each piece of fish on a separate plate with half the tomatoes. Serve with cucumber sauce.
Enjoy!
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