Baked Fish with Shrimp I
Fish fillets baked with shrimp in a simple white sauce and topped with Parmesan cheese, sounds tasty! On my to cook list. This can be any white fish, my choice would be Pangasius or Barramundi first because they are readily available, but also consider Cod if you can find it, or even Red Snapper.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo white fish fillets, boneless and skinless, Pangasius would be good
- 500 grams fresh shrimp, peeled, deveined, tail removed, lightly boiled
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- paprika, to taste
- parsley, fresh or dried
- salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190 C.
- In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium low heat. Whisk in flour and salt to make a paste. Gradually whisk in milk. Stirring constantly, cook until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Select a large baking dish or pan to hold all the fillets in a single layer, lightly grease with butter.
- Season fillets with salt, pepper, and paprika to your liking and arrange in the baking dish. Cover fish with cooked shrimp, pour sauce over shrimp, sprinkle with paprika then cover with the cheese, sprinkle with parsley if desired.
- Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily. Remove from oven and let rest 5-10 minutes, serve. A nice tomato salad and boiled potatoes with butter would be excellent side dishes.
Notes
Pangasius will cost 120 Baht/kilo. Shrimp will run about 100 Baht/500 grams from a grocery store, for those along the coast, you can normally buy local ocean cast net caught shrimp for a bit less. Everything else is minimal. For 5 servings, this comes out to about $1.30 per serving, for 6 servings, this is about $1.08 per serving. Excellent value for a nutritional meal.
For variants, added cooked crab meat or imitation crab that is cubed, cooked oyster meat, lemon slices, and other seasonings of your choice.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
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