Bacalhau Portuguese ao Forno (Salt Cod with Tomatoes and Olives)

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Description

Portuguese recipe for baked cod with potatoes, tomatoes and lots of olive oil. You need to soak the cod in water overnight to remove the salt. Serve hot.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds salted cod fish
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • salt to taste
  • 1 pound potatoes, cut into thick slices
  • 2 large onions, cut into 8 wedges
  • 3 tomatoes, cut into 8 wedges
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ΒΌ cup chopped black olives
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Soak cod in a large bowl of water in the refrigerator for 24 hours
  2. changing soaking water 4 times to remove excess salt.
  3. Drain water off cod; add lemon juice and salt. Let marinate in the refrigerator
  4. about 1 hour.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  6. Arrange layers of cod
  7. potatoes
  8. onions
  9. and tomatoes in a large baking dish. Place bay leaves on top. Drizzle olive oil over baking dish and season with salt.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender and cod flakes easily with a fork
  11. about 30 minutes. Add olives and parsley and continue baking until heated through
  12. about 3 minutes more.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 33 mins

Total Time: 1 day

Servings: 8

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