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Portuguese-style baked cod

Home-style baked cod with potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and olive oil.

⏱ Estimated time: 65 minutes🍽 Servings: 4🇵🇹 Portugal
Portuguese-style baked cod — Digitally created illustrative image
Digitally created illustrative image

Ingredients

  • 4 desalted cod portions
  • 700 g potatoes
  • 2 ripe tomatoes
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 100 ml white wine
  • Parsley, bay and pepper

Step-by-step method

  1. Parboil sliced potatoes for 8 minutes and drain.
  2. Heat oven to 190°C and arrange potatoes in an oiled dish.
  3. Add onion, tomato, peppers, garlic and bay, then place cod on top.
  4. Pour over wine and olive oil, season with pepper and loosely cover with foil.
  5. Bake about 25 minutes, uncover and brown 10 minutes longer; finish with parsley.
A home-style version; regional and family variations are common. Check cooking times and food doneness before serving.