Hungarian Cod Casserole Recipe

Serves/Makes: 2 or 3

Ingredients:

• 1 pound (454 g) cod or halibut steaks
• 3 medium-size potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) thinly sliced onion
• 4 to 6 slices bacon
• Juice and rind of 1 lemon
• 2/3 cup (160 mL) sour cream
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) paprika
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Butter

How to cook Hungarian Cod Casserole:

• Wash potatoes using tip of a knife, cut 2 or 3 slits into the skin of each potato.
• Arrange potatoes in a circle, onto a microwave-safe plastic rack.
• Microwave potatoes for 8 to 9 minutes on ‘MAXIMUM’.
• Check for doneness with the tip of knife if needed, microwave potatoes for 1 to 2 minutes longer.
• Peel cooled potatoes slice and then arrange potato slices over the bottom of a well-buttered 8-inch (20-cm) microwave-oven-safe dish salt and pepper.
• Arrange onion slices into an ungreased dish microwave on ‘MAXIMUM’ for 3 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes remove from oven.
• Arrange bacon slices over 2 thicknesses paper toweling microwave for 3 to 4 minutes on ‘MAXIMUM’, until crunchy (some kinds of bacon only take 2 minutes to cook).
• Arrange fish steaks over potato slices.
• Pour lemon juice all over fish steaks sprinkle with lemon rind.
• Sprinkle with cooked onion and then with bacon, crumbled.
• Spread all over with 2/3 cup (160 mL) sour cream.
• Salt and pepper.
• Cover dish microwave on ‘MAXIMUM’ for approximately 8 minutes, until fish is flaky.
• In a bowl, mix together remaining 1/4 cup (60 mL) sour cream and paprika.
• Spread sour cream mixture all over.
• Cover dish microwave for 1 minute more, on ‘MAXIMUM’.

Notes:
Oven: 700 watts
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
An interesting, unusual mixture of fish (cod or halibut), sour cream and potatoes.

This recipe for Hungarian Cod Casserole serves/makes: 2 or 3

Main Ingredient: Cod
Preparation Method: Microwave
Cuisine: Hungarian