Oven-Baked Fish With Nsima— A Delicious Dish You Will Always Remember! Why Don’t You Try It? (Level A2-B1-B2)𓆝 ⋆🫧

Try this oven-baked fish once and it will soon become a staple

“If you try to drown a fish, the ocean will laugh at you.“

~Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean-born and Canadian-based philosopher

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Delicious Oven-Baked Fish With Nsima

Recipe by Thandi Ngwira GatignolCourse: MainCuisine: Other world cuisineDifficulty: Medium

Servings

6

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

55

minutes

I love making this meal because it is healthy, tasty, and my whole family enjoys it. It’s really hard to go wrong with oven-baked fish.

Ingredients

• 2 large fish (Sea bream or tilapia)

• 3 tablespoons olive oil

• Black pepper

• Salt

• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika powder

• 1 tablespoon fish spice

• 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder

• 1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes

• 1 bunch of parsley

• 1 large onion

• 2 medium-sized tomatoes

• 2 to 3 limes

• Ustensils

• 1 baking dish

• 1 pastry brush

Directions

• Wash the fish thoroughly, remove the insides if it wasn't done before and scale it properly.
• After you have scaled it, rinse very well.
• In a separate bowl, prepare the seasoning by mixing sweet paprika, fish spice, chilli flakes, chilli powder, salt, black pepper, parsely and olive oil.
• Make even ridges into the fish and pat it dry with a paper towel.
• Lighlty grease a baking dish and arrange the fish inside.
• Season the fish using a pastry brush.
• Put some seasoning in the belly of the fish as well.
• Add roughly chopped onions and tomato circles.
• Cut 2 to 3 limes into circles. Put one circle inside the fish and decorate with the rest. I used 4 circles to decorate.
• Season again with pepper, chilli flakes and lightly brush the mixture with olive oil.
• Bake for 55 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
• Fantastic! You can now enjoy the fish with 'nsima'!

Recipe Video

Notes

• You can find the 'nsima' recipe here. I paired the fish with cabbage salad too.
• I used pink sea bream but you can also use the usual sea bream or tilapia.
• If the fish is smaller, reduce the cooking time.

Oven-Baked Fish With Nsima—A Must-Try Savoury Dish!

I decided to make this dish during this Easter period so as to remember home. In Malawi, we eat a lot of fish, especially ‘chambo‘. It is often considered a treat and you can pair it with so many side dishes such as nsima, rice or French fries.

Below are 8 reasons why you should incorporate oven-baked fish in your diet.

• This is simply a delicious, satisfying meal made with natural food items.
• This dish is easy to prepare and does not require rare ingredients and unusual kitchen utensils.
• Fish is a good source of lean and high-quality protein.
• When you eat fish, you will feel light and not bloated because fish is easier to digest.
• If you want a dish that has a high content of omega -3 fatty acids, don’t look far!
• Oven-baked fish uses less oil, so that is good for weight control.
• Pair the fish with vegetables and a carbohydrate like nsima and you have a balanced meal!
• Oven-baked fish helps you to retain the original shape of the fish and you can serve it easily, even to children.

Do you like eating fish? What’s your favourite cooking method? What do you pair it with usually?

I hope you enjoyed this post.

Until later with another recipe.

Happy Easter season!

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About the Author

Thandi Ngwira Gatignol is the founder of Learn English With Africa. She was born on June 11th, 1981 in Blantyre, Malawi. When she was 19, she left her country of birth for France. She currently lives with her two daughters and husband in Poland.

Thandi holds a Bachelor’s degree in English studies obtained at the Université Paris X Nanterre in France and a Certificate in Journalism from Malawi. She has taught English as a French Ministry of Education certified teacher both in France and in Poland. She speaks English, French, Polish, Italian, Chichewa and Chitumbuka. She is now learning Kiswahili, German and Spanish. Salt No More is her debut novel and you can find her other books here on the website or on Amazon.

Video music credit:

• African Moon by John Bartmann, Free Music Archive, Public Domain Soundtrack Music: Album One

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