Whole Baked Sea Bass
Fresh whole sea bass flavored with a sauce made with parsley, lemon, olive oil and garlic and simply baked in the oven. Green vegetables like leeks and chard leaves are baked in the same pan with the fish. This is one of the easiest weeknight dinner recipes as it takes just about 10 minutes to put everything in the oven.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup leeks (finely chopped)
- 2 cups chard (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 medium sea bass ( or any white fish like tilapia and sea bream, about ½ pound / 225 g each, cleaned and gutted.)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup parsley (finely chopped)
- 1 medium lemon (juice only)
- 1 clove garlic (mashed)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven at 400F/200C.
- 2
Place the chopped leek and chard in a baking pan. Drizzle olive oil over them, sprinkle salt and pepper. Give it a good stir.
- 3
Rinse the sea bass fish and pat it dry with a paper towel. Cut 3-4 diagonal slits on each side of the fish.
- 4
Sprinkle salt and pepper on them and place them on the greens in the baking pan.
- 5
In a medium bowl, mix parsley, lemon, garlic, olive oil and salt.
- 6
Brush the cavity of each fish and the slits on them with this sauce. Save some for serving.
- 7
Bake the fish for 15-20 minutes or until their top is golden brown.
- 8
Serve it with extra green sauce and on the roasted chard and leek.