Oven Grilled Foil Fish | Nigerian Barbecue Catfish Fish Recipe

catfish

🥗Healthier: tilapia

💰Cheaper: mackerel

Tilapia is lower in fat and mackerel is more affordable.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil is healthier, while sunflower oil is cost-effective.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: green chili

Jalapeños offer heat with less intensity, and green chilies are budget-friendly.

seasoning cubes

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: salt

Homemade blends can be healthier and more flavorful.

Wash the catfish thoroughly.

Prepare the pepper sauce by cutting red bell pepper into chunks.

Blend the red bell pepper, purple onion, habanero peppers, ginger, and garlic in a food processor or blender until roughly blended.

Preheat oil in a pan and fry the blended pepper mix on medium heat for about 10-12 minutes until well fried.

Season the fried pepper sauce with curry powder, black pepper powder, nutmeg powder, rosemary, fish seasoning, and salt. Fry for an additional 2 minutes and then remove from heat to cool.

Dry the catfish with a clean kitchen paper towel to remove excess moisture.

Make slashes on both sides of the catfish to help the marinade penetrate.

Line an oven tray with foil and drizzle a bit of oil on it.

Place the catfish on the foil and coat it with half of the prepared pepper sauce, ensuring it gets into the slashes and all over the fish.

Let the fish marinate for at least 30 minutes to an hour.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

Bake or grill the catfish for at least one hour or until well done.

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