18 September 2008

Tilapia with lime and butter

You picked these out at the supermarket fish counter today, because they looked friendly. They tasted pretty good too.

For two large people and one small person you'll need:

a couple of large(ish) tilapia, gutted but with the heads and tails still on
a lime, sliced into large pieces
salt and pepper
a knob of butter for each fish

Stick the oven on at about 180-200 degrees C. You'll need a couple of large squares of foil, to wrap the fish in. Stick the fish in the middle of the foil, shove a few pieces of lime inside, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place a knob of butter on the top, and then parcel up the fish, making sure that there's no gaps.

Place both fishy parcels on an oven tray, and cook for 30-40 minutes in the oven. The fish will steam in its parcel - it's quite firm, white flesh. There's a few bones, but as they're huge, it's easy to pick them out (especially if you slice carefully along the backbone, and pull one side of the flesh back).

We ate this with lots of lime chutney, some rice, and steamed broccoli dipped in soy sauce. The rice was a bit overdone because the cat threw up on the bed at an inopportune moment, but the less said about that the better.

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