Portuguese Baked Fish

Ingredients

• 1 1/2-2 lbs haddock fillets, can use cod, flounder etc
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1/2 cup vegetable juice or tomato juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 bay leaf

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 2

   Lightly grease a baking dish. Place fish fillets in the baking dish, lightly sprinkle w/ salt & pepper and set aside.

3. 3

   In a skillet, melt butter, then saute the onions, celery and tomatoes in butter until tender.

4. 4

   To skillet, add veg juice, lemon juice, sugar, garlic and bay leaf; cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.

5. 5

   Remove bay leaf from sauce.

6. 6

   Pour this sauce evenly over fish fillets in the baking dish.

7. 7

   Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until fillets are opaque.