Fish Mexican Mexicans - the people are hot and it is vividly reflected in their culinary traditions. A red chili pepper can rightfully be considered a business card of Mexican cuisine. Europeans may think that Mexicans are too abused this product and put it through the measures, but this has its own historical reasons. Mexico - the birthplace of chili, there are 90 species of this vegetable. Probably, there are no Mexican dishes without its contents. In addition, pepper is included in most sauces. With him prepare a variety of dishes: albndigas (meatballs in tomato sauce with chili), sauce salsa roja (with tomatoes) and salsa verde (with green tomatoes), chile poblano (green chili stuffed with meat or cheese). There is also a dish in Mexico in the colors of the national flag: green - chili, white - cream sauce and red - pomegranate seeds. But do not chili single rich Mexico. The national cuisine is also full of recipes from fish and seafood. Popular dishes are from octopus, squid, shrimp and scampi, which are served both hot and cold. We decided to make a dish that consisted of traditional Mexican ingredients. To do this, take the fish, made her sauce of chili and all this baked. It turned out very tasty and in the spirit of Mexico!
Ingredients:- Fish Argentina 500 g
- Fresh chili pepper 1 pc.
- Tomato paste 130 g
- Olive oil 60 ml
- Lime 1 pc.
- Garlic 2 cloves
- Pepper black ground 1 pinch
- Oregano dry 1 tsp.
- Basil dry 1 tsp.
- Salt 1 tsp.
- Step 1 For cooking, you need fish, chili, tomato paste, lime, refined olive oil, garlic and spices. We took the fish Argentina, but any other will do.
- Step 2 The process of cooking begins with the fact that we make cruciform cuts on fish, salt, pepper it and squeeze out one half of lime. After that, we send fish to the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Step 3 Now prepare the sauce for the fish. To do this, we cut 2 cloves of garlic rather large.
- Step 4 Fry garlic and oregano in olive oil until golden brown. This process is delicate and fast. The main thing is not to burn garlic.
- Step 5 Cut the chilli into rings. We added 1 pod, but if you are not a fan of hot pepper, reduce the amount of pepper.
- Step 6 In the dishes with roasted garlic and oregano add tomato paste, chili, dried basil, pinch of salt and squeeze out half of the lime. Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
- Step 7 Prepare a baking dish and lining the bottom with foil. Glossy side out. Lay out the shape of the fish.
- Step 8 With the prepared sauce we pour the fish and send it to the oven heated to 180 ° C for 40 minutes.