Fresh Tomato & Basil Baked Fish

⏱ 30 mins 🍽 3-4 serving(s) 🏷 European

This recipe makes excellent use of garden-fresh tomatoes and any leftover tomato sauce. White fish fillets are seasoned, topped with a mixture of breadcrumbs, scallions, and basil, then finished with sliced tomatoes before baking. It's a quick and flavourful dish that serves three to four people and is ready in about 30 minutes.

Fresh Tomato & Basil Baked Fish

Ingredients

  • 1 lb white fish fillet (flounder, cod, halibut, or turbot will work well)
  • 1/4-1/2 cup tomato sauce (great for leftover sauce!)
  • 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 cup scallion, minced
  • 1/2 fresh basil leaf, shredded
  • 1 -2 fresh summer tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • fish seasoning, to taste
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Spread the tomato sauce across the base of a baking dish.
  2. Wash the fish fillets and then dry them thoroughly.
  3. Season both sides of the fish with salt and pepper, then place them in the prepared dish.
  4. For extra flavour, you can add a sprinkle of fish seasoning or flavoured salt to the fillets.
  5. Mince the scallions and shred the basil on a chopping board.
  6. Combine the breadcrumbs with the fresh herbs and give them a rough chop together.
  7. Cover the fish fillets with the herbed breadcrumb mix, then arrange the fresh tomato slices on top.
  8. Place in an oven preheated to 375 degrees and bake for 20 minutes, or until the fish is fully cooked.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium286700 mg

Recipe details

CategoryEuropean
AuthorKozmic Blues