Citrus Baked Alaska Sablefish

[Kitchen Witch]

Citrus Baked Alaska Sablefish


2 3-ounce Alaska sablefish fillets (3 to 4 ounces each)
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon oil
1/2 onion -- sliced in thin rings
1 small orange -- peeled and sliced*
2 teaspoons minced parsley

Microwave Directions: Sprinkle sablefish with salt and pepper. Combine lemon juice and oil in microwave proof baking dish; turn fish to coat both sides with lemon juice mixture. Arrange onion slices over fish. Cover with plastic wrap; microwave at medium 4 minutes. Remove cover and arrange orange slices over onion; sprinkle with parsley and cover. Rotate dish 1/4 turn; microwave at medium 3 to 4 minutes longer or until sablefish flakes easily when tested with a fork at thickest part.

Oven Directions: Sprinkle sablefish with salt and pepper. Combine lemon juice and oil; brush on all sides of sablefish. Place fish in baking dish and arrange onion slices over fish; brush with remaining lemon-oil mixture. Bake at 400ºF, 5 minutes. Arrange orange slices over onion; sprinkle with parsley. Bake 5 to 8 minutes longer or until sablefish flakes easily when tested with a fork at thickest part.

*One small grapefruit, peeled and sectioned, may be substituted for the orange.

Recipe can be halved or doubled.