Roasted Fish

Have you ever wondered what else you can do with your fish other than frying it and steaming it?

On my drive back from work today, I found myself asking that question. Most Asian fish dishes requires us to either fry or steam the fish. They are yummy but sometimes, you just need a change. It's almost Christmas, and I had this sudden craving for roast chicken. Then it came to me, what about roasted fish? So I started looking it up the Internet, I found some pretty interesting recipes of baked and roasted fish. Not sure exactly what the difference are between these two but anyways, I decided to try out the roasted fish recipe as it looked easier. 

And it really was simple! And super fast! 

While searching for recipes, I also learnt something, a very useful tip if you like roasting your meats - for every inch of meat, your cooking time should be about 10 minutes. 

So, I took my thawed fish out of the fridge and here are the steps:

1. Preheat oven to 200C (400F).

2. While waiting for the oven to heat up, clean the fish and rub some salt and black pepper onto the fish. Dribble some extra-virgin olive oil. I added some soya sauce because I just couldn't resist it.

3. Once the oven is heated, put the fish in and bake. 

4. If you like to have some vegetables to accompany your fish, blanch some while you wait for the fish. Optionally, you can also microwave some leftover rice to serve with the fish.

5. Once the fish is done, dinner is ready!

Remember, the timing of how long to bake the fish, depends on the fish's thickness. Mine was a little over an inch and it took approximately 14 mins in the oven. Here's my dinner, all done in over 20 mins (with washing!).

The meat was very tender on the inside and tasty too. I think I'll make this more often. Plus, it's also way healthier than deep frying! 

Do try it out and leave your comments on how yours turned out below. Bon appetite!