Portuguese Baked Fish - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

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