Mexican
Fish Veracruz
Fish Veracruz is Mexican home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb white fish fillets
- 28 oz diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup green olives
- 2 tbsp capers
- 1 white onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 pickled jalapenos
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 limes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Season the fish with salt and the juice of one lime and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and soften the onion and garlic, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, olives, capers, jalapenos, bay leaves, and oregano and simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
- Nestle the fish fillets into the sauce and spoon some over the top.
- Cover and simmer gently until the fish flakes easily, about 10 minutes.
- Finish with cilantro and serve with the remaining lime wedges.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Fish Veracruz carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Arroz con Pollo |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Fish Veracruz takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on fish, tomato, and olive.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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