{"id":3341,"slug":"sweet-and-sour-fish-casserole","title":"Sweet and Sour Fish Casserole","description":"This is a sweet and sour fish casserole, baked in the oven. It goes well with rice and a green salad. The recipe is adapted from The Sephardic Table by Pamela Grau Twena.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup lemon juice","1 (heaping) tbsp tomato paste","2 tbsp sugar","½ tsp turmeric","2–3 tbsp vegetable oil","2–3 medium onions, sliced to make 1 cup","2 green bell peppers, sliced","1 chile pepper, finely chopped","6 medium tomatoes, sliced","2–3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced","½ tsp salt","½ tsp black pepper","500–700 g white fish fillet (e.g., cod, haddock, hake, pollock)","2 Tbsp finely-chopped parsley or cilantro sprig (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["lemon juice","tomato paste","sugar","turmeric","vegetable oil","onion","green bell pepper","chili pepper","tomato","garlic clove","salt","black pepper","white fish fillet","parsley or cilantro sprig"],"steps":["Combine lemon juice, tomato paste, sugar and turmeric in small bowl, mix until smooth. Set this sauce aside.","Preheat oven to 350°F.","Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the onions, and sauté until golden-brown and they begin to loosen their moisture. Then, remove using a slotted spoon, and layer in a oven-proof dish.","In the same oil, sauté the bell and chili peppers for 2 minutes or until softened, transfer using a slotted spoon to oven-proof dish, layering over the onions","Layer half of the raw tomatoes over the peppers.","Spread the garlic over the tomatoes, and season with half of the salt and pepper.","In the same oil, sauté the fish for 1 minute, then transfer to dish, place on top of tomatoes, season with remaining salt and pepper.","Top the fish with the remaining tomato slices. Spread the lemon-tomato-paste sauce over the top layer.","Cover dish with aluminum foil, and bake for 20 minutes.","Remove aluminum foil, continue baking 10 more minutes, or until the fish flakes easily when tested.","Sprinkle with parsley or cilantro garnish, if desired.","Serve immediately."],"categories":["Casserole recipes","Recipes using fish","Recipes for casserole","Baked recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using green bell pepper","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using chile","Recipes using cilantro","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using cod","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using vegetable oil","Recipes using haddock","Recipes using hake"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Sweet_and_Sour_Fish_Casserole","source_ref":"4517432","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Sweet_and_Sour_Fish_Casserole&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"71577819649a94c4295f24ae30cece15543090983c54cbfd029a56f44be28b1e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:26Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/sweet-and-sour-fish-casserole"}