Baked sea bream is simple to prepare and will taste as good as any 5 star restaurant right in the comfort of your own home. They are stuffed with spinach, onions, carrots and peppers. A light and healthy meal all done in under 30 minutes.
I find people are often intimidated when cooking whole fish. Its actually super easy apart from the cleaning part. Leave the scaling and gutting to your local fish monger. Most supermarkets will scale and clean the fish for you so no need to worry there.
Here’s what you’ll need
Whole Sea Breams
Tomato
Small to medium Onion
Old bay seasoning
Fish seasoning
Black pepper
Butter or olive oil
Fresh spinach
Small carrot
Fresh Thyme
Red bell pepper
Scotch bonnet pepper
Foil paper
Here’s what you do
First, wash your fish with lemon and a little vinegar. This not only cleans the fish, it also cuts any sea smell. Make sure to pat them dry before you add your seasonings.
Next, season your fish inside and out with old bay, fish seasoning and black pepper. Now they are ready to stuff.
Now you want to lay out enough foil to cover each fish separately, creating a “pouch” shape. add a bed of your fresh spinach and then lay your fish on top. Inside the cavity, layer with sliced onion, bell pepper and spinach. Top your fish with sliced onion, tomato, carrot, scotch bonnet pepper and finish with a slice or 2 of butter or olive oil.
Place your fish in a preheated oven for around 15 – 20 minutes or until the fish is tender. You will smell the beautiful aroma when its done. Finish them off with a nice fresh squeeze of lemon and serve with rice or veg or have it on its own.
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This light fish is stuffed with spinach, onions carrots and peppers. Baked sea bream is simple, healthy and all done in under 30 minutes.
Yields2 ServingsPrep Time10 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time30 mins
2Sea Breams Whole
1Tomato Sliced
1Small to medium onion sliced
2tspOld bay seasoning
½tspFish seasoning
¼tspBlack pepper
Butter or olive oil to your taste
Fresh spinach
1Small carrot halved and thinly sliced
Fresh Thyme to your taste
14Red bell pepper
½Scotch bonnet pepper sliced
Foil paper
1
First, wash your fish with lemon and a little vinegar. This not only cleans the fish, it also cuts any sea smell. Make sure to pat them dry before you add your seasonings.
2
Next, season your fish inside and out with old bay, fish seasoning and black pepper. Now they are ready to stuff.
3
ow you want to lay out enough foil to cover each fish separately, creating a "pouch" shape. add a bed of your fresh spinach and then lay your fish on top.
Inside the cavity, layer with sliced onion, bell pepper and spinach. Top your fish with sliced onion, tomato, carrot, scotch bonnet pepper and finish with a slice or 2 of butter or olive oil.
4
Next, Fold the top and sides your foil into a pouch to seal your fish in. Bake in a preheated oven (350F/150C) for 15 - 20 minutes or until the fish is tender. Finish off with fresh squeezed lemon and serve.
Ingredients
2Sea Breams Whole
1Tomato Sliced
1Small to medium onion sliced
2tspOld bay seasoning
½tspFish seasoning
¼tspBlack pepper
Butter or olive oil to your taste
Fresh spinach
1Small carrot halved and thinly sliced
Fresh Thyme to your taste
14Red bell pepper
½Scotch bonnet pepper sliced
Foil paper
Directions
1
First, wash your fish with lemon and a little vinegar. This not only cleans the fish, it also cuts any sea smell. Make sure to pat them dry before you add your seasonings.
2
Next, season your fish inside and out with old bay, fish seasoning and black pepper. Now they are ready to stuff.
3
ow you want to lay out enough foil to cover each fish separately, creating a "pouch" shape. add a bed of your fresh spinach and then lay your fish on top.
Inside the cavity, layer with sliced onion, bell pepper and spinach. Top your fish with sliced onion, tomato, carrot, scotch bonnet pepper and finish with a slice or 2 of butter or olive oil.
4
Next, Fold the top and sides your foil into a pouch to seal your fish in. Bake in a preheated oven (350F/150C) for 15 - 20 minutes or until the fish is tender. Finish off with fresh squeezed lemon and serve.