Baked Swai Fish (Greek Style with Rice & Tomatoes)

A baked dish with roasted red and yellow tomatoes on the vine, grilled lemon halves, fresh mint and dill, and a golden serving spoon on the side. The vegetables are arranged on a bed of what appears to be cheese or yogurt.

Baked Swai Fish (Greek Style with Rice & Tomatoes)

This easy and flavorful Swai Fish recipe is just what you need for an easy, nutritious summer dish. It's baked on one pan in the oven with rice and veggies for a wholesome, delicious meal.

Course Main

Cuisine Greek-Inspired

Keyword swai, sheet pan

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 55

Servings

Calories 617kcal

Author Maria Koutsogiannis

Ingredients

For the swai

4 filets swai defrosted if frozen
4 tsp mustard
Kosher salt and ground pepper

For the lemon sauce

For the pan

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
¾ cup basmati rice
1 small zucchini chopped (about 1 - 1 ¼ cups)
30 cloves of garlic smashed
1 tsp kosher salt
½ tsp ground pepper
1 tbsp chicken stock paste
2 cups water
2 vines of cherry tomatoes

Garnishes

Lemon halved or quartered to squeeze over
Fresh mint and fresh dill

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F.
Make the lemon sauce by whisking together all of the lemon sauce ingredients and set aside.
Prepare the rice: In a nonstick 9×13 baking dish add olive oil, rice, chopped zucchini,, smashed garlic cloves, salt, ground pepper, chicken stock paste and water. Give everything a good stir to combine and then nestle in the cherry tomatoes on the vine.
Bake the rice for 30 minutes.
While the rice is baking, prepare the swai. Pat each swai filet dry with paper towels. Spread 1 tsp mustard onto each filet and then season each generously with kosher salt and ground pepper.
After the rice has been in the oven for 30 minutes, remove and fluff the rice mixture a bit with a fork. Nestle the swai filets on top of the rice. Bake for 10-12 more minutes until the fish is cooked through (flakes easily with a fork) and rice is tender and cooked through too.
To serve, drizzle the swai with the lemon dressing and garnish with fresh mint leaves and fresh dill. Squeeze more fresh lemon juice over top of everything if desired.

Video

Notes

If you love this recipe, try our Greek Baked Tilapia Recipe (one sheet pan)
This recipe is also delicious to meal prep for lunch during the week.
If you can't find Swai, tilapia is a good substitute.

Nutrition