- Kid Friendly
- 1.5 hours
- 6–8 servings
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 pounds shad, rock, or other large fresh fish (frozen fillets of perch, cod, or haddock also work)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 medium–sized onions or leeks
- 6 medium–sized potatoes (carrot chunks make a nice addition to the potatoes)
- 4 or 5 strips bacon, uncooked
- 1 cup hot water (only 1/2 cup hot water, if using frozen fish fillets)
Directions
- Clean fish and leave whole
- Rub 1 teaspoon salt on the inside and outside of fish, and place in roasting pan
- Cut onion and potatoes into rather thick slices and lay these around the edge and inside of the fish
- Sprinkle the vegetables with remaining salt
- Lay bacon strips on top of fish
- Add hot water, cover and bake at 375 F for approximately 1 1/4 hours.
