Baked Fish

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Published 1972

Use fresh or thawed frozen fish filets or steaks. Cut in serving pieces if necessary and sprinkle on both sides with salt (or seasoned or garlic salt) and pepper.
Combine ¼ c. melted butter and 2 tblsp. lemon juice. Add 1 tsp. minced onion if you like. Many men fish cooks like to shake in a couple drops of Tabasco sauce. Dip fish in this mixture.
Arrange fish in greased baking pan on a bed of chopped celery, parsley or onion if you wish to add to the fish flavor. The vegetables also help to keep fish from sticking to the pan.
Pour any leftover butter-lemon mixture over fish and bake, uncovered, in moderate oven (350°) about 30 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork but is still moist.
Serve on a heated platter with one of the fish sauces in this chapter. Our recipe for Baked Trout follows.