Fish & SeafoodDifficulty: easy
Psari Plaki (Greek Baked Fish in Tomato)
White fish baked over a thick lemon-tomato sauce with onions and herbs — the Friday Lenten dish that tastes like a restaurant main.
15
Prep Time
40
Cook Time
4
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
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1Soften the onions in olive oil 10 minutes, add garlic and tomatoes, simmer 15 minutes until thick — the sauce must be paste-thick, not watery.
2Season the fish, nestle into the sauce, drizzle with lemon and olive oil.
3Bake at 190°C for 18-22 minutes — just until the fish flakes. Rest 5 minutes, scatter parsley, serve with lemon and bread.
Chef's Tip
- Thick sauce before the fish goes in: the fish releases its own liquid, thin sauce plus fish liquid equals soup.
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- Baking the fish ON the sauce (not submerged) steams it gently while the edges caramelize.
- Lemon both before and after — acid through cooking rounds the tomato, fresh acid at the end wakes it up.
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