Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients list for Red Mullet Foil Packet Recipe
Serve 4:
- 4 red mullets
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 red onion
- 4 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 4 small sprigs of fresh thyme
- Olive oil
- Fleur de sel or coarse salt
- A pinch of Espelette pepper powder or flakes
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Cooking instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
2. Cut 4 sheets of aluminum foil to 11 inches (30cm) long.
3. Wash and cut the half pepper into strips, and do the same with the red onion.
4. Drizzle olive oil on the foil (dull side), then lay down the fish.
5. Add the bell pepper and onion slices, a drizzle of olive oil, a few fennel seeds, a fresh thyme, a pinch of salt, and a pinch of Espelette.
6. Stick the two sides of the foil together.
7. Fold to weld the foil to give it a rounded shape of a half moon.
8. Bake the red mullets in foil for 15 minutes. The foil should be really swollen because of steam, indicating the wrap was well sealed.
Enjoy these red mullets in foil with fennel, accompanied by crunchy vegetables or fragrant rice.
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Red Mullet Foil Packet Recipe
This Foil Packet Recipe with Red Mullet fish red bell pepper and Fennel is surprisingly delicious!
Ingredients
- 4 red mullets
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 red onion
- 4 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 4 small sprigs of fresh thyme
- Olive oil
- Fleur de sel or coarse salt
- A pinch of Espelette pepper powder or flakes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
- Cut 4 sheets of aluminum foil to 11 inches (30cm) long.
- Wash and cut the half pepper into strips, and do the same with the red onion.
- Drizzle olive oil on the foil (dull side), then lay down the fish.
- Add the bell pepper and onion slices, a drizzle of olive oil, a few fennel seeds, a fresh thyme, a pinch of salt and a pinch of Espelette.
- Stick the two sides of the foil together.
- Fold to weld the foil to give it a rounded shape of a half moon.
- Bake the red mullets in foil for 15 minutes. The foil should be really swollen because of steam, indicating the wrap was well sealed.
- Enjoy these red mullets in foil with fennel, accompanied by crunchy vegetables or fragrant rice.
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