Fish Zucchini Bake Recipes

TUNA ZUCCHINI CAKES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Remove from heat., Add tuna, 1/2 cup bread crumbs, zucchini, eggs, parsley, lemon juice, salt and pepper to onion mixture; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into six 1/2-in.-thick patties; coat with remaining bread crumbs. , In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add patties; cook 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown and heated through.

SALMON AND ZUCCHINI BAKED IN PARCHMENT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fold a large piece of parchment paper (about 15 by 16 inches) in half to crease it; open, and lay it flat.
• On one side of crease, mound zucchini; top with shallot, butter, dill, and lemon slices. Season with salt and pepper. Place salmon on top; drizzle with lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper.
• To close, fold parchment over salmon; make small overlapping pleats to seal the open sides and create a half-moon-shaped packet. Place on a rimmed baking sheet; bake until salmon is opaque throughout, 15 to 17 minutes. Serve (see cooks' note).

TUSCAN FISH PACKETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, combine beans, tomatoes, zucchini, onion, garlic, wine, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoons pepper., Rinse fish and pat dry. Place each fillet on an 18x12-inch piece of heavy-duty foil; season with remaining salt and pepper. Spoon bean mixture over fish; top with lemon slices. Fold foil around fish and crimp edges to seal. Transfer packets to a baking sheet., Bake until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork and vegetables are tender, 15-20 minutes. Be careful of escaping steam when opening packets.

BAKED FISH WITH MUSHROOMS AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a nonreactive pan with non-stick cooking spray. Add fish filets and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Melt butter over medium heat. Add onions, mushrooms, zucchini, tarragon, and salt and pepper to taste; sautee for five to seven minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Top fish with mushroom-zucchini mixture and sprinkle with paprika. Bake, covered, for twelve to twenty minutes, depending on thickness of filets. Fish will flake easily with a fork when cooked through.

BAKED FISH WITH TOMATOES, ZUCCHINI, AND OLIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange tilapia in a baking dish. Add a splash of white wine and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion and garlic. Cook and stir until garlic is fragrant and onion is tender, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes. Cover and simmer until tomatoes begin to release their juices, about 4 minutes.
• Add zucchini, olives, and wine; simmer for 5 minutes. Add cilantro and hot sauce. Season with salt and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes longer. Spoon sauce over and around tilapia and drizzle with remaining olive oil. Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 45 minutes.

BAKED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Brush 1 teaspoon olive oil on the bottom of an 8 by 8-inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of zucchini in the dish with an overlapping pattern in rows or a spiral in a pie dish. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika.
• To make the topping: In a bowl, stir together the panko breadcrumbs, thyme, Parmesan cheese and season with a sprinkle of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and stir until all the breadcrumbs are soaked with the yellow tint of the oil. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the dish and bake until the top is golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.

ZUCCHINI-WRAPPED FISH FILLETS

Steps:

• Shave zucchini lengthwise into very thin ribbons with peeler.
• For each piece of fish, arrange about 5 slices of zucchini on a work surface, side by side, overlapping each slice by half. Brush zucchini with oil, then lightly season with salt and pepper. Lay 2 basil leaves across center of each group of zucchini slices.
• Pat fish dry, then sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total) and arrange crosswise on zucchini, covering basil leaves. Top each piece of fish with 2 basil leaves, then wrap zucchini around fish, overlapping ends.
• Put 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet and swirl to coat bottom, then arrange fish, seam sides down, in oil. Lightly brush tops of zucchini and fish with oil.
• Cover skillet and cook fish over medium heat, without turning, until barely cooked through, 6 to 9 minutes, depending on thickness of fillets (fish will continue to cook from residual heat).
• Transfer fish to plates, then stir lemon juice and remaining 2 tablespoons oil into juices in skillet and season sauce with salt and pepper. Drizzle sauce over fish.

FISH FILLETS WITH TOMATO-ZUCCHINI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is almost tender, about 3 minutes. Add zucchini and oregano and sauté until zucchini is beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and 1/2 cup reserved juice and bring to boil. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Place fish atop vegetables in skillet. Cover skillet, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until fish is just opaque in center, about 5 minutes. Transfer fish to platter; tent with foil to keep warm. Increase heat; boil mixture in skillet until liquid thickened to sauce consistency, about 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over fish.