Coconut Fish and Tomato Bake Recipe (2024)

Excellent. Only thing I would do differently next time is to cut the tomatoes in half. Roasting them whole, the little buggers exploded all over the inside of my oven.

My grandmother had been cooking this kind of fish with coconut milk/turmeric 40-50 years ago since I was born. This is also a very common way to cook fish in southern Thailand. If the fish is a fresh catch, or whole, you can simply use this coconut/turmeric mixture to marinate or brush on fish for grilling. Less sauce but flavor will be absorbed. Serve golden grilled fish with spicy sea food dipping sauce made of fresh chilly/garlic/lime juice/sugar/a little fish sauce, and you'll be in heaven.

For a leafy green side-dish without any extra clean up, add some spinach at the broiling phase. The leaves soak up all the wonderful marinade and tomato juices. Pairs well with crusty bread. Delicious!!!

This was delicious as written! The only thing I’d do differently next time is to cook it in a smaller baking dish instead of a sheet pan. For me, the sauce burned a bit in the areas where it was spread thin. It was also difficult to spoon the sauce up from the sheet pan.

Question re sheet pans and roasting tomatoes...is the author of the recipe using aluminum pans which is not recommended? I see this so often in recipes lately with the sheet pan craze. Stainless steel pans are very expensive. Just wondering if there is some trick that can be done to mitigate any damage roasting acidic things on aluminum pans might do?

I was happy to see this instruction: "1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, scrubbed and finely grated". In the past, I've watched my sister in England use ginger and she never peeled it, whereas most recipes in the US call for peeling the ginger. No more peeling for me from now on!

WOW!!! I have made several of the NYT'S fish preparations, and I have to say, this one is AMAZING! I used halibut, and let the cherry tomatoes get a head start with 10-12 mins in the oven before adding the fish. I did not cut them in half, and there wasn't any splatter. I also did not broil at the end, as my Le Crueset and casserole pans say not to broil or use high heat above 450. I don't like to use a sheet pan for things with sauce as it spreads, and hard to get all the luscious sauce after.

This was outstanding and I used some of the milk mixture to make rice. I used the whole can of coconut milk and after I whisked in the ginger, garlic, turmeric etc., I put a cup of the milk mixture as half of the liquid for making basmati rice in a rice cooker. Other half water. Fabulous rice! I didn’t have cilantro by the way and the dish was still amazing.

Thoughts I got from others: * Delicious. * Serve on fresh spinach, which will wilt (could also be roasted broccolini or other). * Too sweet; less honey. * Use all coconut milk; extra (milk w/ ginger, garlic, turmeric, etc.) is part of rice dish. * Give tomatoes 5-12 minutes’ head start. * Halve tomatoes to avoid bursting on oven walls 😬. * Roast cauliflower as a side. X

Excellent. Made with thick cod fillet, took a little longer. Used parchment paper, so skipped broiling and raised oven temperature to 500 and moved pan to bottom shelf for last few minutes. Served with jasmine rice.

Agree with Sheila. This is delicious. Another great recipe from this author. Appreciate the clear directions on baking and broiling. We used halibut, and it was perfectly cooked.

As a hesitant fish-eater, this was delicious! I used arctic char and served with spinach and brown rice. I followed the advice of others and used a glass baking dish instead of a sheet pan. I threw in some spinach with the tomatoes before broiling, but I think it worked just as well and was simpler to put fresh spinach underneath the fish when serving and the spinach wilts under the hot fish

I made this tonight using striped sea bass fillets and it was WONDERFUL! Served with brown rice and roasted broccoli. Heavy duty foil on sheet pan was easy clean-up. No need for that 3rd Tbsp oil on fish- plenty of moisture and fat from the coconut milk marinade. Watch closely when in the broiler, only needed about 4 minutes for beautiful browning and blistering of tomatoes. Thank you for another delicious fish recipe!

Loved this! Very easy, used striped bass and it was delicious. Personally, it was a little on the sweet side, so I would not use a whole tablespoon of honey next time. Maybe just one or two teaspoons, max.

Regarding the aluminum sheet pan. I always put a silicone sheet on the pan (no burning mess on the pan either), which takes care of a multitude of issues. You could use parchment paper, too, but it might burn under the broiler.

This was pretty good--I used flounder and it might have been better with a more robust fish. Had with rice but would definitely go well with greens and crusty bread.

Added lime zest. This is such a great quick elegant (moderately) healthy weeknight dinner recipe. Great w/ the EU Organic Salmon they sell at Whole Foods now.

I used about half a can of diced tomatoes instead of fresh (modification based on convenience not creative preference) and cooked the dish in a baking dish rather than a sheet pan, so it turned out more saucy. Since then, I’ve made the dish 5 or 6 times using the same modification and it is one of my very favorite meals. My son says it seems like something you’d get in a nice restaurant. One day I might try the real recipe, but it’s so good with the modification I don’t want to change it now!

I did not care for this recipe! It's far too much red pepper flakes. The fish was lovely and the sauce smelled great, but in eating I found there were too many competing flavours - spicy, sweet, and bitter.

After reading all the warnings about exploding tomatoes, I took a co*cktail pick and made a single hole near the stem. Had no tommy bombs and all worked perfectly

Excellent. I doubled the sauce and used the leftover sauce for a delicious chicken curry the next day.

Used a baking dish instead of a sheet pan because so many people said the baking sheet was annoying and messy. The baking dish exploded in the oven, I cut myself, and now I’m crying. DON’T USE A BAKING DISH.

This is a big win for our family and any guest that comes over. I’ve only made it with salmon but would like to venture into another fish. It is DELICIOUS!

Good for fish. Works well with trout, picks up marinade flavor well. serve over fresh spinach, rice optional.

Left skin on red snapper, don’t need 2 pints of tomatoes, followed recommendations to cook tomatoes before adding fish. Used remaining coconut milk with line zest and juice for cooking rice.

I made the fish without the tomatoes, and it is amazing how tasty the marinade is just by itself!! I used cod and probably the best fish dish I have had in my life! Made a mix of jasmine rice and quinoa with garlic bread. Sooo Good!

Easy, good - could add curry paste to switch it up. mild but good with sambal

A total favorite of all of us in the family, even the fish skeptic. Wonderful sauce. Would go with rices, breads, roti, naan.... Loved it.

I made it with Snapper fillets without changing a thing. This was absolutely delicious. Three of us happily ate five big snapper fillets with a side salad.I think the marinade will also make a wonderful soup base.

Cooked fish for 8 minutes broiled for 4 minutes