Fish Fillets In Coconut Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large red snapper fillets (or other fish)
• 1 lime, juice of
• salt
• pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tomato, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon tomato paste
• fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 wash and pat dry the fish.
• 2 place the fillets in a ceramic dish and pour over the lime juice and sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano.
• 3 cover and refrigerate for a few hours.
• 4 saute the onion, garlic, tomato and celery in the olive oil for about 1 minute.
• 5 add the coconut milk, pineapple juice, bay leaf and tomato paste.
• 6 simmer for 10 minutes.
• 7 in another pan brown the fish lightly on both sides.
• 8 pour the sauce over the fish in the pan.
• 9 simmer for five minutes, turning the fish once.
• 10 sprinkle the chopped fresh parsley over the fish and serve with rice and maybe a fresh salad.