Recipes

Fish in a Parcel

Guaranteed tender, perfectly cooked fish every time with this neat cooking method!

Prep Time 10mins
Cook Time 15mins (+extra for wedges)
Difficulty Easy
Serves 2
Fish in a Parcel

Ingredients

  • 2 pieces baking paper (~40cm long)
  • 2 fresh fish fillets (size as per your nutrition plan– Barramundi or snapper work well )
  • OR 2 frozen fish fillets
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 pinch salt
  • flavour combination of your choice (see notes)
  • salad
  • OR veggies
  • oven roasted wedges

Method

  • Preheat oven to 200 deg.
  • Place a fish fillet in the centre of each piece of baking paper.
  • Drizzle each fillet with some olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
  • Next, add the ingredients from you chosen flavor combo.
  • Enclose the fish by folding the ends of the paper to the middle, then twist each open end shut.
  • Place on an oven tray and bake for 12-15mins until tender and cooked through.
  • Remove the fish from the bag and serve with veggies or salad.

Possible Flavour combos:

  • Lemon, Basil, Sweet chilli sauce and soy
  • Thyme, lemon and leek
  • Coriander, lime, chilli and spring onions
  • Coconut milk, lime and sweet chilli
  • Garlic, ginger and lemon

Moderate – Higher Training Day:
Serve alongside some oven baked wedges (see ‘sides’ in Dinner recipes).

FODMAP adaptable:
Choose lemon, basil, sweet chilli and soy flavour combo.
Keep soy and sweet chilli to 1-2 tbsp each. Check ingredients for high FOMAP’s (eg. onion, garlic).