Barbecued fish parcels

Recipes / Fish

Turn the catch of the day into a barbecue dinner with these fabulous tomato and olive fish parcels.

Recipe «Barbecued fish parcels» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 700g kipfler potatoes, scrubbed, 4 x 200g perch fillets, skin removed, 250g cherry tomatoes, halved, 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted, 1/2 cup basil leaves, chopped , Olive oil cooking spray, 150g packet mixed salad greens, Lemon wedges, to serve .

Ingredients:

  • 700g kipfler potatoes, scrubbed 
  • 4 x 200g perch fillets, skin removed 
  • 250g cherry tomatoes, halved 
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted 
  • 1/2 cup basil leaves, chopped 
  • Olive oil cooking spray 
  • 150g packet mixed salad greens 
  • Lemon wedges, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil over high heat. Add potatoes. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until just tender. Drain. Set aside to cool slightly. Cut potato in half lengthways.
  2. Preheat a barbecue plate on high heat. Cut four 50cm pieces of foil. Arrange potato slices over 1 half of each piece of foil. Top each with 1 piece fish. Combine tomatoes, olives and basil in a bowl. Spoon over fish. Spray lightly with oil.
  3. Fold foil over to enclose fish. Fold up edges to seal. Place parcels, potato side down, on barbecue plate. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes or until fish is just cooked through.
  4. Place salad greens on plates. Carefully open parcels. Spoon potato, fish, tomatoes and olives onto plates. Serve with lemon wedges.