Mexican Baked Fish
photo by KateL
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 14.79 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 59.14 ml onion, finely chopped
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- 283.49 g can Rotel tomatoes & chilies
- 4.92 ml chili powder
- 0.61 ml red pepper
- 1 egg white
- 14.79 ml skim milk
- 118.29 ml yellow cornmeal
- 4 flounder fillets (4 oz each)
- 118.29 ml part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Warm oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, saute onion and garlic until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, chili powder and red pepper, bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes, stir occasionally.
- In shallow dish, beat egg white and milk until it begins to foam.
- Place corn meal on wax paper, dip fillets in egg mixture, then in corn meal.
- Spray a 13 x 9 in baking dish with non-stick cooking spary and place fillets in dish.
- Pour sauce over fish, sprinkle with cheese and bake about 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
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Reviews
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"Don't lose this recipe!" declared DH. We followed this recipe for Rockfish (Striped Bass), and it was a perfect match! It was too hot to shop, so I substituted 1 tablespoon of dehydrated onion, and shortened the saute to 1:30, and used 1 tablespoon of dry nonfat skim milk with 1 tablespoon water; all worked out deliciously! These were very spicy, but within our tolerance. Best reason to keep Rotel on hand at all times! Made for I Recommend tag.
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Reviewed for ZWT3. This was terrific! I used cod instead of flounder, and the fish turned out beautifully firm and flaky. I used a chipotle chili powder instead of "regular" chili powder -- it made it much hotter than I'd expected (but not too hot -- just getting near the edge). And I gave myself a treat tonight; instead of using mozzarella, I used a chipotle-spiced cheddar (just 2 tablespoons). Very yummy -- will definitely make this again!
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The tast of this dish was good, but the fish turned out really mushy. I think next time we'll try a firmer fish, like catfish. Thought that the batter was a little off as well, it was eggy and grainy. Maybe we'll try flour instead of corn meal next time. But I did like this recipe. The sauce was great and I love how easy it is. So, will make again with a couple of changes. Thanks for posting!
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Reviewed for ZWT3. This was terrific! I used cod instead of flounder, and the fish turned out beautifully firm and flaky. I used a chipotle chili powder instead of "regular" chili powder -- it made it much hotter than I'd expected (but not too hot -- just getting near the edge). And I gave myself a treat tonight; instead of using mozzarella, I used a chipotle-spiced cheddar (just 2 tablespoons). Very yummy -- will definitely make this again!
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The tast of this dish was good, but the fish turned out really mushy. I think next time we'll try a firmer fish, like catfish. Thought that the batter was a little off as well, it was eggy and grainy. Maybe we'll try flour instead of corn meal next time. But I did like this recipe. The sauce was great and I love how easy it is. So, will make again with a couple of changes. Thanks for posting!
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This was very easy to do and I loved the sauce; however, the next time I fix it I'll use cracker crumbs in place of the yellow corn meal. The corn meal was too "gritty" for the flounder. Also, because we live in Mexico and tend to eat our food quite spicy, I doubled the amount of oinions, red pepper and used Monterey Jack cheese with Jalepeno peppers in place of the mozzarella. (This sauce would also be good with eggs in the morning.)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
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