Baked Fish Plaka Style Greek Recipes

PSARI PLAKI (OVEN BAKED FISH)

Steps:

• In a sauté pan, add 4 tablespoons olive oil, add onions and sauté over medium heat until soften.
• Add the garlic, diced tomatoes and wine. Continue to cook for 5 minutes.
• In an oven safe dish, add 5 tbsp olive oil, place fish fillet on top of olive oil. Sprinkle fish with pepper.
• Place tomato slices on filets and top with oregano. Pour the onion/tomato mixture on top of the fish and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
• Remove from oven and top with fresh chopped parsley and a squeeze of lemon juice.

GREEK FISH BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place cod in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Brush with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with green pepper, onion and olives., Pour tomato sauce over top; sprinkle with cheese. Bake until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 15-20 minutes.

TRADITIONAL GREEK BAKED FISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. Oil a shallow ovenproof dish. Heat 4 tbsp of the oil preheated in a pan over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes. Add carrots and celery. Cook, stirring frequently, for 8-10 minutes or until slightly softened.
• Remove pan from heat and pour the wine into the pan. Return to the stove and bring to a boil. Add the tomatoes with the juice, sugar, lemon slices, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 20 minutes then stir in the herbs.
• Put the fish in the oiled baking dish. Pour the vegetables around the fish. Arrange the lemon slices on top of the fish. Sprinkle with the remaining oil and season to taste.
• Bake, uncovered, for 45-60 minutes depending on the thickness of the fish. Serve immediately.

FISH PLAKI

Steps:

• If your fish isn't fresh, either soak it in milk for an hour or brush with 1 tbsp water mixed with 1 tbsp lemon juice and let sit for 30 minutes to help remove the fishy taste associated with frozen fish.
• Saute sliced onion in olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until tender. Add tomato and next 5 ingredients; cook, stirring constantly, until the liquid evaporates. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Pat the fish fillets dry. Place them in a 13X9X2 inch baking dish; sprinkle with oregano, salt and pepper. Spread the reserved vegetable mixture over the fish; top with lemon slices. Pour the wine and lemon juice over the vegetable mixture; sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Cooking time depends on the thickness of the fillets and the heat of your oven! Remove and discard the bay leaf.

BAKED FISH PLAKA-STYLE (GREEK)

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until golden brown and almost caramelized.
• Peel and chop 1 tomato. Add to onions, along with parsley and garlic. Simmer for a few minutes longer.
• Place fish fillets in a lightly buttered crockpot. Sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Spoon sauteed vegetables over fish.
• Slice remaining tomato and place on vegetables.
• Top with lemon slices.
• Cover and cook on low for about 1-1/2 hours, or until fish flakes when tested with a fork.
• Nice over rice!

GREEK-STYLE ROAST FISH

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip the potatoes, onion, garlic, oregano and olive oil into a roasting tin, season, then mix together with your hands to coat everything in the oil. Roast for 15 mins, turn everything over and bake for 15 mins more.
• Add the lemon and tomatoes, and roast for 10 mins, then top with the fish fillets and cook for 10 mins more. Serve with parsley scattered over.

GREEK BAKED FISH WITH TOMATOES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Pat the fish dry and season to taste with salt and pepper. Oil one or two baking dishes large enough to accommodate the fish in one layer. Lay the fish in the dish and pour on the lemon juice. Refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes while you prepare the remaining ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, heavy skillet and add the onions. Cook, stirring often, until they have softened and begun to color slightly, 8 to 10 minutes. Add a generous pinch of salt and the garlic and cook, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant, 30 seconds to a minute. Stir in the tomatoes, sugar, paprika, cinnamon, dissolved tomato paste, wine, half the parsley and more salt and pepper to taste and bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered, stirring often, until the sauce has cooked down a bit and is very fragrant, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour over the fish. Sprinkle on the remaining parsley.
• Place in the oven and bake until the fish is opaque and pulls apart easily with a fork, about 30 minutes. Baste the fish every 10 minutes if it is not submerged in the sauce. Serve hot or warm, with rice, bulgur, or potatoes.