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Turkish Baked Mullet with Vegetables Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6 - 8

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds mullet
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 onions, sliced
• 5 cloves garlic
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 potatoes, cut
• 2 large ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree (paste)
• 1/2 cup minced parsley
• 1/2 cup minced dill
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 lemons (1 sliced, 1 quartered)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Salt and pepper to taste

How to cook:

• Wash and clean mullet thoroughly. Cut mullet into thick slices, cover with lemon juice, season with salt and pepper, then arrange in baking dish.
• Prepare vegetables. In a deep frying pan, heat olive oil and saute without browning. Add garlic, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, and tomato paste diluted in a little sugar water.
• Simmer for a few minutes, then transfer to pan with fish.
• Pour remaining olive oil over pan.
• Cover with lemon slices and bake in oven at 350°F (180°C) for 40 minutes.
• Remove the baked mullet from oven. Remove lemon slices sprinkle with parsley and dill.
• Garnish the baked mullet with lemon quarters, and serve.

Note:

The Turkish Baked Mullet with Vegetables can be served hot or at room temperature.

Hint:

Pompano, Spanish mackerel, bluefish are excellent substitutes for mullet.

This recipe for Turkish Baked Mullet with Vegetables serves/makes: 6 - 8

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Main Ingredient: Mullet
Preparation Method: Baked
Cuisine: Turkish

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