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Moroccan Baked Fish with Charmoula

4.1/5 rating (12 votes)
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Serves: 2
  • Complexity: easy
Moroccan Baked Fish with Charmoula

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Ingredients

  • 1 whole cleaned striped bass (or any other whole fish of your 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro
  • Vegetables:
  • 2 medium potatoes - peeled and sliced
  • 1 green pepper - cut into small strips
  • 1 cup of baby carrots
  • 1 tomato - sliced
  • 1 lemon - sliced
  • Charmoula (Moroccan marinade):
  • 1/2 cup of chopped parsley
  • 1/2 cup of chopped cilantro
  • 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
  • 1/4 cup of olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons of minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon of paprika
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin
  • 1 teaspoon of salt (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon of pepper (to taste)

Directions

  1. Wash the fish with salt and lemon, then rinse it with water. Make 3 deep cuts on the fish.

  2. Mix all the ingredients of the chamoula in a bowl.

  3. In a baking pan place the potato slices. Put the fish on top or the potatoes.

  4. Cover the fish (from the top and inside) with half of the charmoula.

  5. Place the rest of the vegetables around and on top of the fish. Pour the rest of the charmoula over the vegetables.

  6. Cover the fish with aluminum paper and let it bake in the oven at 350 F for 1 hour.

Comments (7)

  • Bibiche
    Bibiche
    07 October 2010 at 19:46 |

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  • icekrim
    icekrim
    11 April 2011 at 22:43 |

    The Outakes are Funny :>
    Could You Plz tell me the best way 2make fish mchermel stuffed w/rice...jveux dire cmt preparer le riz?!
    Thanx Much M'zelles!

  • brahim
    brahim
    06 August 2011 at 23:13 |

    hhh i like the behind the scene part lol :)

  • nilminirajapaksha
    nilminirajapaksha
    05 December 2011 at 16:46 |

    hi....ilike youa 2meke fish and i lik youa cooking

  • SkinnySimpleCooking
    24 February 2012 at 06:06 |

    I made this dish last Monday for Family Day , with some WW home made bread. The only change I made is that I heat up the chermoula in a pan with the olive oil before using it...that's how we do it in my family, may be to bring out more flavors from the spices!!!who knows.Meriem

  • Mounia
    Mounia
    30 July 2012 at 22:36 |

    my question is how did you make the tomato sauce? thank you

    • Alia
      Alia
      31 July 2012 at 04:36 |

      you buy it in a can "tomato sauce" already made.

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