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Tikinxic

Recipe courtesy Yaxche

Total Time:: 25 min
Prep:: 15 min
Inactive Prep:: --
Cook:: 10 min

Level:: Easy

Yield:: 4 servings

Ingredients

15 pieces lime, juiced

8 cloves garlic

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/6 package (3 5/7-ounce) package axiote (Annato)

4 pieces fish fillets, any bones removed

1 banana leaf

3 pieces sliced green peppers

1 piece sliced red onion

3 pieces sliced tomatoes

Grilled green beans, for service, optional

Cooked rice, for service, optional

FOR THE AXIOTE SAUCE:

Directions

Stir the lime juice with garlic, salt, pepper and axiote. Set aside.

Marinate each fish fillet in axiote sauce for 5 minutes.

Open the banana leaf, cut it in 4 pieces and equally place some of the vegetables and fish. Close it up as if it were a package and bake in a preheated 330 degree F oven for 4 minutes on each side.

Serve it with grilled green beans and rice, if desired

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

Tikinxic

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