Salvadorian Baked Fish

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
• 2 large whole white fish, butterflied, rinsed, and patted dry
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 8 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 lemons, thinly sliced
• 2 Roma (plum) tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 1 Spanish onion, thinly sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking dish with 1 teaspoon olive oil.

Rub remaining olive oil over the fish fillets and place into the baking dish. Season fish with garlic powder, salt, and black pepper; top with minced garlic. Drizzle lime juice over the fish. Arrange lemon slices, tomato slices, onion slices, and bell pepper slices atop the fish. Cover baking dish tightly with aluminum foil.

Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 30 to 40 minutes.