Fish Tagine with Charmoula

Name: Fish Tagine with Charmoula
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: North African
Ingredients: 2 lbs white fish fillets, cut into chunks; 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped; 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp sweet paprika; 4 plum tomatoes, sliced; 2 carrots, sliced; 1 red bell pepper, sliced; 1 tsp salt

Tender white fish simmered over a bed of spiced vegetables in a vibrant, herb-packed charmoula sauce.

45 minMediumServes 4340 cal/serving

North AfricanDinnerStovetopPescatarianMediterraneanHigh ProteinLow CarbHalal-friendlyGluten-FreeNut-FreeDairy-FreeSoy-FreeEgg-FreeShellfish-FreePork-FreeAlcohol-FreeCorn-Free

Ingredients

2 lbs white fish fillets, cut into chunks
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp sweet paprika
4 plum tomatoes, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 tsp salt

Instructions

1

In a bowl, mix 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro, 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, 4 minced garlic cloves, 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, half of the 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp sweet paprika, and 1 tsp salt to make the charmoula.
2

Coat 2 lbs cut into chunks white fish fillets with half of the charmoula marinade and let sit for 15 minutes.
3

Layer 2 sliced carrots, 1 sliced red bell pepper, and 4 sliced plum tomatoes in the bottom of a tagine or heavy skillet with remaining 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil.
4

Place marinated 2 lbs cut into chunks white fish fillets on top of the vegetable layer and spoon remaining charmoula sauce over top.
5

Cover and simmer on low heat for 20 to 25 minutes until vegetables are tender and fish reaches an internal temperature of 145°F.

Questions

How long does Fish Tagine with Charmoula keep?

Refrigerate leftovers within two hours and eat them within two days (seafood turns fast). Reheat gently on the stovetop. It also freezes well for up to three months.

Can I halve or double Fish Tagine with Charmoula?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Steamed Semolina side
Beetroot Salad with Cumin salad
Chermoula sauce
Almond Milk and Orange Blossom Sharbat drink

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.