morrocan style spicy talapia with red sauce

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  • Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
1 talapia, cleaned with two deep slashes on each side or cut into pieces1 sweet red pepper, roasted peeled and cut into strips.1 or 2 jalapenos - depending on how much fire you want.2 Tbsp virgen olive oil4 cloves garlic4 big ripe tomatoes (even a little bit over ripe are good)1 tsp salt1tbsp paprika 1 tsp cayenne (less can be added)1 tbsp ground cumin1 tsp tumeric1 bundle fresh corrianderlemon (for soaking the fish)1 - 2 pickled lemons
Directions
1. Prepare the fish by making2 - 3 deep slices into each side or by cutting into pieces and soaking in lemon juice and salt while preparing the sauce.
2. Prepare the sauce: put into a pan 1 tbsp of the olive oil, sweet pepper and the diced jalapeno, garlic and let simmer over a medium fire. Peel and dice the tomatoes and add them. Wash and chop the corriander. When the tomatoes have become softened and lost their shape take the sauce off the fire and add corriander and spices stirring well.
3. Take a baking pan and put the other tbsp of olive oil on the bottom. Pour on half the sauce. Add the fish (after washing off the lemon and salt). Pour on rest of the sauce. If you have pickled lemons you can now put slices or pieces on top of the fish.
4. Bake at 180 - 200C for about 20 - 30 minutes.

Serving Size: 2

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PERACH.

Servings Per Recipe: 1
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 602.9
  • Total Fat: 35.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 75.0 mg
  • Sodium: 2,429.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 60.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 18.6 g
  • Protein: 32.9 g

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