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Two Sea bream cooked with lemon slices and sprigs of thyme on top unwrapped in aluminum foil
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Sea Bream With Garlic And Chilli

Perfectly cooked Whole Sea Bream with Garlic and Chilli. Whole Sea Bream or Sea Bass fish delicately spiced with garlic chilli and lemon and thyme before being wrapped in foil and baked in the oven.
A great fine dining fish meal for 2, to impress your other half with your cooking skills on Valentines or for an anniversary meal! It is a super easy recipe, that gives you a Mediterranean feel.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time25 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: British, Mediterranean
Keyword: Fish, fish marinade, foil parcel, oven baked, sea bass, Sea Bream, Sea Bream with garlic and chilli, whole fish
Yield: 2 person
Calories: 297kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Ingredients

  • 2 whole Sea Bream Gutted
  • 2 cloves Garlic (minced) or 1 teaspoon garlic puree
  • 2 Chillies (minced) or 1 teaspoon chilli puree
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 Lemon thinly sliced
  • 4 sprigs Thyme
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven 200℃ fan / 220°C / 425℉ / Gas Mark 7.
    Place the 2 whole Sea Bream on to a square sheet of tin foil each, enough to wrap the fish up into a parcel later.
    Sea Bream fish sitting on tin foil
  • Slice diagonal slices down both sides of the sea bream to make openings for the sauce to be rubbed inside
    Sea Bream fish sitting on tin foil being sliced down the sides with a knife
  • Mix the 2 cloves Garlic (minced), 2 Chillies (minced), 1 tablespoon olive oil together in a bowl
    Olive oil being poured into a white bowl with garlic and chilli puree
  • Cover the marinade all over each sea bream, and in the cuts you created earlier and inside the cavity left where the fishmonger has gutted the fish.
    Putting the Garlic and chilli sauce onto the sea bream
  • Add slices of 1 Lemon and 4 sprigs Thyme and sprinkle a generous amount of Salt and Pepper.
    Black pepper ,slices of lemon and sprigs of thyme have been put on our sea bream with garlic and chilli on tinfoil
  • Wrap the tin foil into a parcel, place on a baking tray in the centre of the oven and cook for 25-30 mins at 200℃ fan / 220°C / 425℉ / Gas Mark 7.
    Sea bream wrapped up in a tin foil parcel
  • Serve with your choice of sides! Check the blog post for suggestions.
    Enjoy !!
    sea bream cooked with chilli and garlic with lemon on top. Served with roast potatoes and salad

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Nutrition

Calories: 297kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg