Middle Eastern Fish Or Salmon With Peppers And Tomatoes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs fish
• 2 onions, large, sliced thinly
• 2 red bell peppers, sliced
• 2 green bell peppers, sliced
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 28 ounces whole tomatoes (i use italian tomatoes)
• 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped finely
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon orange zest (fresh)
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest (fresh)
• 1 teaspoon za'atar spice mix, spice blend
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in large saute pan or skillet, saute the onions, red bell peppers, green bell peppers and jalapeno in olive oil for about 5 minutes on med heat. don't let them color.
• 3 add garlic, stir and cook 1 minute.
• 4 add tomatoes, broken up by hand, with all the juice from the can. add 1/2 cup water.
• 5 add everything else except the fish. stir and cook for about 2 minutes. taste and correct seasoning if necessary.
• 6 put 1/3 of the tomato mixture in a 9x13 roasting dish (spray with non-stick spray first).
• 7 arrange fish on tomato mixture.
• 8 spread the rest of the hot tomato mixture over the fish.
• 9 bake until fish is just done, about 10-15 minutes, depending upon the thickness of your fish - check it after 5 minutes or so to see how it's doing.