Turkish-style fish
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Turkish-style fish is delicious both hot and cold. When served cold, the sauce it was cooked in will set into a jelly-like consistency as it cools. Don't forget to serve the dish with a glass of chilled white wine, various sauces, and unsweetened pastries. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the listed ingredients. Clean the fish from scales, gut it, remove the gills, and rinse.
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Step 2
Sear it in vegetable oil in a frying pan for 3-5 minutes on each side until a golden crust forms.
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Step 3
Peel the onion and rinse it in water together with the tomatoes and pepper. Remove the seeds from the pepper and cut out the green cores from the tomatoes. Dice the tomatoes and onion, slice the pepper into rings. Peel, rinse, and mince the garlic.
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Step 4
Remove the fish from the skillet and place it into a greased baking dish. Add olives or black olives to it as well.
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Step 5
Sauté the pepper slices, onion, and garlic in the oil left from frying the fish for about 3-4 minutes.
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Step 6
Then add the tomato slices to the same pan, season with salt and pepper. Simmer for another 3-5 minutes, covered with a lid. At this stage, you can add spices and herbs.
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Step 7
Then turn off the heat, preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the vegetables on the fish and pour over the prepared sauce. Add 50 ml of water to the dish for steaming the fish, and place the dish in the oven for 30 minutes.
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Step 8
After the specified time, remove the dish from the oven and let it cool slightly.
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Step 9
Place the fish with sauce on a serving dish and serve it warm.