Steamed Sea bass with Vegetables; Sebzeli Levrek Bugulama
 
 
This delicious steamed sea bass stew with vegetables, Levrek Bugulama, is healthy, easy and makes a complete meal with all the fresh vegetables in it. Tomatoes, onions and green bell or pointy peppers add a lovely, clean flavor in their own juice. Slices of lemon and parsley also add a delicious, refreshing taste to this all in one pot, healthy dish, packed with flavor. You can use any other white fish fillet of your choice.
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Recipe type: Healthy Turkish Fish Stews
Cuisine: Turkish
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 fillets of sea bass – or any other white fish of your choice-
  • 1 red onion onion, quartered and thinly sliced
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed and finely chopped
  • 3 medium tomatoes, quartered and thinly sliced
  • 2 green bell peppers or pointy peppers, deseeded and sliced in stripes
  • 15 ml / 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 lemon, sliced thinly
  • 4 fl. oz./ ½ cup water
  • 60 ml / 4 tbsp. olive oil
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 5ml/1 tsp red pepper flakes – optional to serve
  • Handful of flat leaf parsley, coarsely chopped – to decorate
Instructions
  1. Heat olive oil in a large, heavy pan. Stir in the chopped onions and peppers. Sauté until soft, for 3-4 minutes. Add the chopped garlic, lemon juice and water. Cover and cook over medium to low heat another 5 minutes. Turn the heat off.
  2. Place the fish fillets over the cooked vegetables. Spread the sliced tomatoes and lemon over the fish. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  3. Cover and cook over medium to low heat for 8 to 10 minutes (please check the cooking time required for the fish of your choice at its packaging, take care not to overcook the fish.)
  4. Once cooked, sprinkle the chopped parsley over and serve hot. You can serve steamed potatoes or this delicious baked potatoes, peppers, red onion and olives with cumin and red pepper flakes at my blog, by the side.
Recipe by Ozlem's Turkish Table at https://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2016/09/steamed-sea-bass-with-vegetables-sebzeli-levrek-bugulama/