The Baked Cod I Make Every Week — Lemon & Garlic in 25 Minutes
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Total
- 22 min
- Serves
- 5
- Calories
- 319 kcal
- Carbs
- 9.60 g
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbCod fillet pieces, (4-6 pieces)
- 1/4 cupchopped fresh parsley leaves
- 5 tbspfresh lemon juice
- 5 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbspmelted butter
- 5garlic cloves, (minced)
- 1/3 cupall-purpose flour
- 1 tspground coriander
- 3/4 tspsweet Spanish paprika
- 3/4 tspground cumin
- 3/4 tspsalt
- 1/2 tspblack pepper
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- 2
Mix together the lemon juice, olive oil, and melted butter in a shallow bowl (do not add the garlic yet). Set aside.
- 3
In another shallow bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, spices, salt and pepper. Set next to the lemon sauce.
- 4
Pat the fish dry. Dip the fish in the lemon sauce then dip it in the flour mixture. Shake off excess flour. Reserve the lemon sauce for later.
- 5
Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a cast iron skillet (or an oven-safe pan) over medium-high heat. Add the fish and sear on each side to give it some color, but do not fully cook (about 2 minutes on each side). Remove the skillet from heat.
- 6
To the remaining lemon sauce, add the minced garlic and mix. Drizzle all over the fish fillets.
- 7
Bake in the heated oven until the fish flakes easily with a fork (10 minutes should do it, but begin checking earlier). Remove from the heat and sprinkle chopped parsley. Serve immediately.