Roasted Egyptian Fish Recipes

EGYPTIAN ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place brine ingredients in pot. Bring to boil until salt and honey are dissolved. Cool
• When brine is cooled place chicken in large bowl and pour brine mixture to cover the chicken. Add more water if needed. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit over night. The longer the better.
• Heat oven to 350.
• Take chicken out of the brine and let drain.
• To make rub.
• Place garlic and cumin in bowl of mortal and pestle and make into a paste adding oil to make a paste.
• Place chicken in baking pan. Rub cumin mixture on the skin of the chicken.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper
• Bake for about 45 minutes or an hour.

EASY BAKED FISH WITH GARLIC AND BASIL

Steps:

• Pat fish fillet dry and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
• Place the fish in a large zip-top bag. Add the oregano, coriander, paprika, minced garlic, basil, extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Zip the bag shut and massage to be sure the fish is evenly coated in the marinade. Marinated for 30 minutes or up to 1 hour in the fridge (see notes).
• Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Arrange bell peppers and shallots in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish. Place the fish on top and pour the marinade over it.
• Bake in heated oven for 15 minutes or until fish is done and flakes easily.

FISH ROASTED IN LEMONS & TAHINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Juice 1 of the lemons and slice the other thin.
• Lightly oil a baking dish and place the lemon slices in the bottom of the baking dish. Rub the fish with salt and place in the center of the dish on top of just a few lemon slices, leaving some lemon slices uncovered. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk the lemon juice with tahini and water until smooth and light in color. Set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a wide skillet and cook the onions over medium heat until very tender and just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add the onions to the tahini sauce.
• Remove the fish from the oven and pour the tahini onion sauce over it. Return to the oven and roast for another 20-30 minutes, or until the sauce is thick and the lemon slices are well browned.
• Discard the lemon slices under the fish, as they will be bitter. Eat warm or at room temperature, with chopped parsley or cilantro.

CATFISH FILLETS WITH EGYPTIAN TAHINI SAUCE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop garlic and in a blender purée with tahini, water, lemon juice, cumin, and salt until smooth.
• Using the flat side of a large knife coarsely crush coriander seeds. Pat catfish dry and season with salt and pepper. In a 10-inch nonstick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté fish 2 minutes. Turn fish over, sprinkling crushed coriander around it, and sauté 2 minutes more, or until just cooked through. Divide tahini sauce between 2 plates and top with fish, crushed coriander and oil from skillet, and parsley.

ROASTED EGYPTIAN FISH RECIPE

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 425 F. Pat bronzini dry. With a large knife, make two slits on each side of the fish. Salt & pepper fish inside and out. 2. With a food processor, combine 2 cloves garlic, RawSpiceBar's Egyptian Spices, salt & 3 tbsp olive oil into a paste. Use 3/4 of spice paste to season the bronzini on both sides, pat the spice paste into the fish pushing it into the slits you made earlier. Set the remaining 1/4 of the spice paste aside. 3. Stuff each gut cavity with the chopped parsley, 1 clove minced garlic, 1/2 onions, 1/2 lemon & 1/2 tomatoes. 4. Arrange couscous next to fish on all sides. Add remaining lemon, red onion & tomatoes on fish around outside of couscous, creating somewhat of a wall. Sprinkle the vegetables with a pinch of salt and the remaining 1/4 of the spice paste. 5. Drizzle generously with olive oil. Fold over edges of parchment paper, stapling if necessary, to create an almost airtight seal. 6. Bake in oven for 30 minutes. Carefully open and serve with toasted flatbread & hazelnut dukkah and sumac, carrot & almond salad. OR Splash filets w/lemon juice. Toss fish, tomatoes, onions and smashed garlic in oil. Sprinkle spices on both sides of fish and roast all in the oven. Top with fresh parsley.