Fabulous Fish: Baked Lemon Herb Cod Recipe
Sometimes, you taste something – just a little bite of it – and it blows you away. That was the case with this dish. It was rich, buttery even (although there is no butter in the recipe) and absolutely mouthwatering. It was one of those things that the kids devoured so fast that I did a double take. Really, it was just that good.
The fish itself? It was good and had a nice flavor. That alone? Not amazing. But the pan sauce that you drizzle over everything? That was what made it spectacular (insert fireworks here).
I used thin wild-caught cod fillets that were on sale at my local grocery store. I served it with Basmati Rice Medley from Trader Joe’s (love that!). It would go really well with a side of roasted broccoli. This meal — including rice and a veg — can be made for well under $10. High flavor at a low cost? Love it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb cod fillets
- 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
- 1 tsp fresh thyme, lightly chopped
- sea salt
- pepper
- Sweet Hungarian Paprika
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Get out a 9×13 glass baking dish.
- Rinse the cod fillets under cool water and place in the baking dish. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil. Then sprinkle with garlic, thyme, salt, pepper and paprika. Try to divide the seasonings as equally as possible between the fish.
- Bake for 13-17 minutes until the flesh is opaque in color. Serve with rice, spooning the juices from the pan over the fish and rice.
- Devour.
Notes
recipe adapted very slightly from EatBetterAmerica @ Tablespoon
What I’m Cooking With: a Global 8-Inch Cook’s Knife
, a Oneida Cutting Board
, Pyrex baking dish
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Category: Budget Eating, Feeding Kids, Healthy Life, Quick and Easy Recipes, Recipes, Seafood
This looks terrific – I’m going to make it soon!
Looks like a deliciously light dish – yum!
love the simplicity – yet the perfect balance of flavors from what I can tell.
Made this for my husband’s supper. Used bottled lemon juice and regular paprika as that’s what I had on hand. He liked the balance of flavors and it was nice and quick. I did not bother to chop the thyme–just pulled the leaves off the stem and left them whole.
So glad you enjoyed it, Emily!! Thanks for letting me know.
Delicious! And so easy. I added fresh parsley and mint too. Thank you for posting!
I will be trying this tonight. I have some thawed cod fillets in the fridge that I got from Costco. They actually sell WILD cod fillets there. I was pretty stoked to find them. I’m a little worried as I don’t have any “fresh” thyme at the moment… going to try dried and see how that works.
I love cod and was glad I found this recipe, it was delicious!! I’ m plan on making it again when I pull the extra cod from the freezer .
This is a very good recipe, however, I found it easier to mix all the sauce ingredients together in a little bowl, and then drizzle the sauce with a teaspoon all over my cod. It’s just a different technique, but the outcome was the same: delicious!
Nice change from the usual fried cod.
I made it today and we loved it !!!
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