Moroccan Fish With Lemon And Tomatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped whole lemons
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon saffron thread, crushed
• 4 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped (fresh)
• 4 tablespoons cilantro, chopped (fresh)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 12 pitted green olives, thinly sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 lbs halibut (or other firm fish)
• 2 cups thinly sliced onions
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 4 cups tomatoes, coarsely seeded and chopped
• cilantro leaf

Recipe

• 1 take a small nonstick skillet heated to meddium high heat and coat with cooking spray. add lemon, 1 tbls. water, 1/2 teaspoons oil, and sugar and cook 3 minutes or until water evaporates and mixture just begins to brown, stirring frequently. set aside.
• 2 put remaining 2 1/2 tsps. oil in a small microwave safe bowl. microwave at high for 10 seconds, just until oil is heated. add saffron and let stand 10 minutes.
• 3 combine lemon mixture, saffron mixture, chopped parsley, cilantro, salt, paprika, cumin, black pepper, olives, and garlic cloves in a large zip lock plastic bag. add fish to bag and seal. marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
• 4 preheat oven to 400*f.
• 5 saute the onions in the 1 tbls. olive oil for a few minutes to bring out the flavor.
• 6 layer 1 cup of the onion slices and 2 cups tomatoes on the bottom of a 13"x9" baking dish coated with cooking spray. take the fish out of bag, reserving marinade. top tomato with fish; pour remaining marinade from bag over fish. cover with remaining 2 cups tomatoes and remaining 1 cup onion. cover with foil. bake at 400*f. for 40 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. remove from oven.
• 7 move fish and vegetables to a serving platter. drizzle remaining liquid over fish.
• 8 garnish with cilantro leaves, if desired. serve immediately. enjoy!
• 9 makes 4 servings.