Baked Striped Bass with Bacon
Ingredients:
4 pieces of striped bass (approx. 8 oz. ea.)
1 large red onion sliced
8 pieces of bacon
8 tablespoons of butter
1 cup sliced fresh mushroom (preferably portabellos)
¼ teaspoon tarragon
Hungarian Paprika
1 quart of ginger ale
Preparation:
Marinate fillets in ginger ale overnite.
Rinse fillets after marinating. In a large pan, cook bacon and save drippings. After bacon is cooked, cool and crumble and set aside. Cook mushrooms and onion in drippings until tender. Place fish in a large baking dish. Combine mushrooms, onion, butter and tarragon. Spread on top of fillets then sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily. Garnish with bacon.