Foilenvelopefish Recipes

FOIL ENVELOPE FISH

Steps:

• 1. Cut aluminum foil into 12X16 inch rectangle.
• 2. Place green pepper, tomato, and green onion on lower half of foil sheet.
• 3. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon basil, salt, and pepper.
• 4. Place fish on vegetables.
• 5. Sprinkle with remaining basil, salt, and pepper.
• 6. Top with lemon slices.
• 7. Fold upper half of foil over fish and vegetables.
• 8. Double fold edges of foil to make a tight 1/2 inch seal.
• 9. Place foil envelope on baking sheet and bake at 450 for 15 minutes or until envelope puffs.
• 10. To serve, cut an "X" in top of envelope and fold foil back.

FISH FOIL PACKETS WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Tear two aluminum foil pieces about 16 inches long. Lay foil flat on a counter or baking sheet and lightly brush or spray with olive oil.
• Place half of the asparagus in the center of each piece of foil and season with salt & pepper to taste.
• Place the fish fillets on top of the asparagus and season with salt & pepper to taste.
• Top each fillet with 2 slices of lemon and arrange tomatoes on top.
• Sprinkle capers over the fillets, drizzle with white wine, and top everything with the thyme.
• Fold the long ends of the foil up to meet over the fillet. Fold the ends down to one side, folding 3 times to fully secure. Pinch the open ends of the foil closed and fold up and over 2 times. Make sure there are no holes in the foil because you want to steam everything inside.
• Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
• Place on the grill for 12-15 minutes (a little longer for thicker fish, like halibut).
• Remove foil packet from grill and carefully open each side of the packet, allowing steam to escape. Open packet completely and transfer everything to a plate and serve.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place foil packets on a baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.
• Remove foil packet from oven and carefully open each side of the packet, allowing steam to escape. Open packet completely and transfer everything to a plate and serve.

BAKED FISH IN FOIL WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 475 F
• Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil. Make sure you cover the surface evenly so the juice from the vegetables and fish won't spill out while cooking.
• Place fish in the middle of the sheet.
• Top with all vegetables.
• Drizzle oil.
• Add salt, pepper, lemon juice, lemon zest and garlic and mix well with your hands.
• Wrap foil well and bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove baking sheet from the oven, open the foil to expose the fish and return to oven. Bake for additional 5 minutes or until the fish gets a light golden crust.
• Test with a fork as specified in the article above.
• Enjoy your fish in foil!

FOIL ENVELOPE FISH

Steps:

• Cut tin foil into 12X16 inch rectangle.
• Place green pepper, tomato and green onion on lower half of foil sheet.
• Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon basil, salt and pepper.
• Place fish on vegetables.
• Sprinkle with remaining basil, salt and pepper.
• Top with lemon slices.
• Fold upper half of foil over fish and vegetables.
• Double fold edges of foil to make a tight 1/2 inch seal.
• Place foil envelope on baking sheet and bake at 450F for 15 minutes or until envelope puffs.
• To serve, Cut an "X" in top of envelope and fold foil back.

GRILLED-FISH FOIL PACKETS

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Arrange 3 lemon slices, slightly overlapping, on half of each of 4 large sheets heavy-duty foil sprayed with cooking spray. Place fish, skinned-sides up, on work surface. Spread each with 1 Tbsp. cream cheese spread; top each with 2 tsp. onions. Roll up, starting at thin end of each fillet.
• Place 2 roll-ups, seam-sides down, on lemon slices on each foil sheet; top with asparagus and peppers. Fold each foil sheet to make packet.
• Grill 6 to 8 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork. Carefully open foil packets; top fish with remaining onions and lemon slices.