Portuguese Baked Fish

• 1 1/2 - 2 lbs haddock fillets, can use cod, flounder etc
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1/2 cup vegetable juice or 1/2 cup tomato juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 bay leaf

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Lightly grease a baking dish. Place fish fillets in the baking dish, lightly sprinkle w/ salt & pepper and set aside.
3. In a skillet, melt butter, then saute the onions, celery and tomatoes in butter until tender.
4. To skillet, add veg juice, lemon juice, sugar, garlic and bay leaf; cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.
5. Remove bay leaf from sauce.
6. Pour this sauce evenly over fish fillets in the baking dish.
7. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until fillets are opaque.

haddock, salt, pepper, butter, sweet onion, celery, tomatoes, vegetable juice, lemon juice, sugar, garlic, bay leaf

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/portuguese-baked-fish-232304 (may not work)