Herb-Roasted Striped Bass with Lemon, Capers & Shallots
Simple to dress and quick to roast, this tender fish dish will win your family and guests over with its pairing of caramelized shallots and pungent capers.
Course Main Dishes
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Calories 374kcal
Author Aimee
Ingredients
1Striped Bassdressed (meaning viscera, gills, fins & scales are removed)
1/4cupextra virgin olive oil
1/2teaspoonsalt
4sprigsfresh thyme
1lemonsliced
6shallotspeeled and halved
3Tablespoonscapers
1branchcherry tomatoesoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375F.
Pat bass dry with paper towels and rub inside and out with 2 Tablespoons olive oil. Sprinkle with salt inside and out and tuck into the body cavity 2 sprigs of thyme and 2 lemon slices.
Place bass in an oiled oven-to-table dish and top with a few more slices of lemon and 2 sprigs of thyme. Wrap about 8-inches kitchen twine around the belly of the fish and tie loosely, securing the lemon and herbs.
Sprinkle the shallots around the fish and place in the preheated oven. Roast for 15 minutes.
Add cherry tomatoes to the baking pan, and sprinkle capers all over and around the roasting bass. Drizzle with a little more olive oil. Bake for another 10 minutes.
Remove from oven, drizzled with a little more olive oil and a serve with a few wedges of lemon.
To serve: remove twine and peel back top layer of skin. With a fork or flexible spatula, lift of the flesh from the bones along the entire length of the fish. Then, lift the tail and the backbone will come right out of the pan. Set it aside and serve the second side of flesh below it. Always check children's food carefully for bones.