Lenten Recipe: Salt-baked Whole Fish

By Roddy Abaya

In this Italian-inspired recipe, oregano is combined with lemons to lend clean, subtle flavors to fish. Although used in incredible amounts, salt merely operates as an “oven” to gently cook the fish.

1 whole fish, cleaned
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup fresh oregano leaves
2 lemons, quartered

For the salt oven mixture
4 egg whites
1/2 cup water
3 kilos rock salt

1 Preheat the oven to 450ºF.
2 Rub the outside of the washed fish with oil all over.
3 In a bowl, combine oregano and lemons. Stuff into fish’s stomach cavity and set aside.

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Photography by David Hanson Ong