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Orange Roughy Vera Cruz

Type: Fish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 teaspoons 10mlOlive oil
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozSliced onion
2   Garlic - minced
1 cup 237mlYellow bell pepper rings
14 1/2 oz 411gMexican-style stewed tomatoes - (1 can) undrained
  With jalapeno peppers and spices
4   Orange roughy or - (4-ounce)
  Other lean white fish fillets
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlGarlic powder
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlGround red pepper

Recipe Instructions

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; saute 7 minutes or until tender. Add bell pepper and tomatoes; cook over medium-high heat 3 minutes. Add fish; sprinkle with garlic powder and pepper. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.

Turn fish over. Cover and simmer an additional 5 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Transfer fish to individual serving plates, reserving cooking sauce in skillet. Keep fish warm.

Place skillet with cooking sauce over medium-high heat, and cook 3 minutes or until thickened. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 ounces fish and 1/2 cup sauce).

Source:
Cooking Light, May/June 1993, page 130

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