Fish a la Jardinera

Name: Fish a la Jardinera (Pescado a la Jardinera)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 4 hard-cooked eggs; Parsley sprigs; ¼ teaspoons salt; ½ teaspoon fresh lime juice; ¼ cup olive oil; 2 tablespoons vinegar; 1 onion, peeled and halved; 4 tablespoons salt; 2 large tomatoes, sliced; 2 bay leaves; 4 quarts (16 cups) water; 4-pound cleaned and scaled fish, with head and tail intact

Pescado a la Jardinera

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

4-pound cleaned and scaled fish, with head and tail intact

Americas
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Caribbean
Puerto Rico

Method

Wash fish in 2 cups of water, to which juice of 1 lime has been added. Drain and dry.
In a deep rectangular kettle, bring to a boil ingredients included in B. Turn heat to low, keeping the water just below the boiling point. Add fish, cover, and cook about 40 minutes, or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
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