Have I ever mentioned how much I love fish? Then I'll gladly repeat it: Yes, I absolutely love eating fish. I prefer to eat my fish whole, head, tail, fins, and bones included. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to prepare fish myself lately. Perhaps it's simply because I ate so much fish and seafood during my last vacation that I've had my fill of it for a few weeks.
A few days ago, my husband came home from his weekly shopping trip and brought these magnificent whole sea bream. And lo and behold, my craving for fish was back! I knew immediately what I wanted to conjure up with them. What I wasn't quite sure about yet was what side dish to serve with them.
On a hot summer day, you don't really want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Besides, you often crave something lighter on such days. So, the only options left were salad and vegetables. I chose the latter because it would then also be a complete meal for the vegetarians/vegans in our family. Since vegetables alone might be a bit too light for them, I added some potatoes to make it a little more substantial.
The vegetables were quickly peeled and cut into pieces, while my previously cleaned sea bream rested beautifully in my delicious Magic Sauce . The vibrant colors of the vegetables made preparation a real pleasure, and just looking at them whetted my appetite. If it looked this delicious, I knew right away: it would taste wonderful.
My efforts were once again a success. There was something for everyone, and all family members loved it. It was also a relief for me, as I didn't have to spend as much time in the kitchen cooking multiple dishes for the whole family, with their different tastes and preferences, as is often the case. Cooking on a hot day wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable otherwise.
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Oven-grilled sea bream with roasted vegetables and potatoes
Ingredients
- 3-4 medium-sized frozen sea bream
- 3-4 small zucchini
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 4-5 small carrots
- 1 Onion
- approx. 300 g potatoes
- 1 lemon
- 4 tablespoons of Magic Sauce
- approx. 50 ml cooking oil
- approx. 100 ml water
- Salt
- Herb salt
Instructions
- Thaw the sea bream according to the instructions, then clean with lukewarm water and place in cold water for about 15 minutes, scalding with the juice of one lemon
- Then remove the fish from the water, pat it dry with a kitchen paper, and make deep crosswise cuts in the flesh so that the marinade can penetrate better later
- Rub the sea bream thoroughly with salt, cooking oil and 3 tablespoons of Magic Sauce
- Then peel the potatoes and carrot, cut them into similarly sized pieces, and place them in a pot with salt, water, 1 tablespoon of Magic Sauce , and a little oil. Mix well and cook for about 10 minutes, then drain.
- Meanwhile, clean the bell peppers, zucchini and onions and cut them into equally sized pieces, place them in a bowl, mix with herb salt and cooking oil, place on a baking tray and put in the preheated oven
- Place the well-marinated fish on another oven plate, slide it under the vegetable plate into the oven, and cook everything for about 45 minutes using convection.
- Mix the pre-cooked potatoes with the vegetables before the end of the cooking time and grill for another 10 minutes using the grill function
- In the oven, swap the positions of the sea bream plate and the vegetable plate and grill the sea bream for about 10 minutes on all sides using the grill function.
- Serve the vegetables and the sea bream on separate plates or bowls, with Chez Fadi's Magic Sauce and/or Hot&Spicy, and enjoy.
