Easy baked sea bass recipe for when you want a quick and simple weeknight dinner. Mix everything in a bowl, spread over your fish and stick into the oven, you don't even need to watch over it.
Meaty sea bass covered in a flavorful Mediterranean mix and baked in a tin foil. If you are looking to add more fish to your diet this is a great recipe to add to your repertoire.
I went to the Asian market to get some Tilapia to make pan-fried tilapia, and I saw they had some sea bass, which I have been longing to try in this recipe. The vegetable mix in this recipe is what we usually add to make a Singari fish recipe in Egypt.
Singari is a way of cooking fish in which the fish is opened and cleaned from the backbone, not the bottom of the fish. If you want to give your fish a Singari look, ask your fishmonger to cut it open along the backbone.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- This is one of our go to easy fish recipes.
- Enjoy the mild flavor of the sea bass in a delicious new way.
- A great option for dinner and will be one of your favorite healthy recipes.
Sea Bass is called Qaroos in Egypt, actually sea bass is a generic name for some species of fish some of which are not even sea bass like White Sea Bass and Chilean Sea Bass, which is actually a Patagonian toothfish.
📝 Ingredients
Note: This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
- Sea Bass: You can use any sea bass type of fish you can find. Black sea bass gives the best flavor if you can find it. You can use whole or fish filets, I know many would easily find Chilean sea bass fillets at your grocery store.
- Onion, roughly chopped fresh onion, is the best way.
- Olive oil, you can also use avocado oil.
- Garlic, I like using fresh garlic but you can also use garlic powder.
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
- In a medium bowl add lemon juice, olive oil, bell pepper, spices, diced tomatoes, garlic, onion, and cilantro.
- Mix everything until very well combined.
- Place the clean fish on a piece of parchment paper on top of another piece of foil. Wrap the foil around a fish from all sides. Sprinkle fish with salt and cumin.
- Spread the vegetable mix over the fish then bake in a 350F preheated oven until fish cooks and gets flaky. Fish is done when the internal temperature reaches a minimum of 145F.
🥣 Equipment
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- Large bowl
- Baking dish
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👍 Amira's Tips
- If you cannot find sea bass, go for any mild white fish, preferably with delicate flavor if you are not used to eating fish. I've seen many make this kind of recipe with mullet and tilapia. You might as well try it with fillet; just make sure to adjust the cooking time.
- Make sure to pat dry the fish with a paper towel.
🍽️ Serve With
- This would be delicious served with rice side dishes like this easy Instant Pot Basmati Rice.
- If you are not a rice person, why not try Pesto Couscous. Made with your favorite basil pesto, it takes only 5 minutes.
- Need more vegetable sides? These Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables are one of our favorites.
🧺 Storage
Refrigerate - Place leftover baked sea bass in an airtight container and refrigerate for 2-3 days.
Freeze - Although you can freeze leftover fish for long periods, I do not recommend freezing baked sea bass for more than two months as the texture and flavor change.
Reheat - Thaw if frozen, then place on a baking sheet and reheat in a 300F preheated oven for 10-15 minutes. Microwave heating is not recommended.
👩🍳 Variations
- If you do not like cilantro, you can use fresh parsley.
- Play around with fresh herbs and veggies used. The ones stated here are the most common in Egypt but you can use shredded carrots, dill, and chives.
- Add some lemon zest to the vegetable mixture.
💬 FAQs
Yes, I do. Before placing the fish on parchment paper, rinse the fish with cold running water to remove any blood, then pat dry.
Many sides pairs very well with sea bass. Try this lemony and spicy potato (batata harra), Fattoush, Baba Ganoush, or tahini sauce. We also serve it with rice or pita bread.
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Baked Sea Bass
Ingredients
- 1 (150g) medium onion.
- 2 large garlic cloves.
- 2 (280g) Roma tomatoes.
- 1 (160g) green bell pepper.
- 3 Tablespoons (5g) cilantro, chopped. Note1
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice juice of one lime, you can use lemon juice as well.
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil. you can use extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder.
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste.
- ½ teaspoon black pepper.
- 1 teaspoon coriander.
- More salt and cumin to sprinkle over the fish.
- 2 pounds sea bass Whole fish cleaned and cut to be flat.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line a baking dish or sheet with aluminum foil.
- Cut another aluminum sheets large enough to hold your fish ( one for each fish you have).
- Cut parchment paper as large as the foil we just cut for each fish you have.
- In a medium bowl combine the first 11 ingredients and mix well.
- Rinse the fish and pat dry.
- Place each parchment paper in one of the aluminum foil.
- Place fish on the parchment paper. Sprinkle some salt and cumin over each fish.
- Divide the vegetable mix between the fish you have and press lightly.
- Bake in the middle of your oven for 25 minutes, then move up in the upper rack and cook for another 5-10 minutes until lightly charred.
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Notes
- Note1: adding cilantro is my personal preference but feel free to play with the recipe. You might consider using dill or chives.
- Refrigerate leftover baked sea bass in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.
- Serve with:
- Spicy potato works great with sea bass, also we usually serve fish with baba ganoush or tahini sauce. Also serve with lemon slices and fresh salad.
- Please check the nutrition disclaimer policy.
Nutrition
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Lina
Salam Amira,
Thank you so much for upgrading my kitchen! I made the recipe yesterday and served it with batata harra and tahini. I followed your instructions exactly. The tahini was amazing – I added a bit of yogurt, and the combo with fish and potatoes was just perfect!
I accidentally used redfish instead of sea bass, but it still turned out great. It didn’t taste exactly like it does in Egypt – a bit mild – but still really delicious!
Do you have more Egyptian-style fish recipes? I’d love to try them. Egyptian seafood is the best!
Rose
It was really good. My husband and I enjoyed our baked sea bass dinner. Thank you for sharing your recipe! I used parsley instead of cilantro.
MarieB
Great recipe and very flavorful. Will definitely make it again!
Tom
Made it with specked trout and snook, this is really good,thank you so much for recipe.
Danielle
Excellent! It will stay in my regular recipe collection!
Huguette
Thank you so much Amira for your wonderful recipes, it reminds me of my home from North Africa and some recipes are similar. I so enjoy your recipes.
Thank you so much.
Sommer
We live in Iowa so unfortunately no good access to seafood, we use cod instead of sea bass and it comes out SO good. We add even more veggies because it’s the best part, with all the sauce it makes 😀
Andrea
Trying it tonight! I’m so excited!!
B
Very tasty. We used red onion and red and yellow peppers. Lots of flavor. Will make again.
Amira
So happy you liked it. Thanks for your feedback.
Crystal
I had searched high and low for this recipe and made a few decent fish dishes, but this was the one that took us right back to the north coast. When my husband gets to request his favorite meal, it’s this recipe. Thank you Amira!!!! Your recipes have been our life line to Egypt this year when we couldn’t travel. You get the authentic flavor on every dish!
Amira
Aww Crystal you are so sweet. Thank you so much for your comment I am so glad you liked the recipe.
Abee Yaqu
Made this several times already with different types of fish, turned out great every time. The veggies are to die for over white rice.
Beck
Turned out great, was so flavorful and tender. Thank you
Amira
Thank you Beck, I am happy you liked it.