Healthy dinners

Baked Lemon Garlic Cod

When you're looking for an easy and quick dinner idea, even for a weeknight, you can't go wrong with this baked lemon garlic cod recipe. It's a great weeknight dish, but don't count it out for entertaining because it's definitely impressive enough for your most discriminating company.

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 4 (6-ounce) pieces boneless, skinless cod fillets
  • 1 teaspoon fine salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 medium cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, plus lemon wedges, for serving
  • 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley, for garnish

Step by step

  1. Gather the ingredients. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 400 F. Very lightly coat the bottom of a baking dish large enough to hold the fish in one layer with cooking spray.
  2. Pat the cod pieces with a paper towel and place them in the baking dish. Season the fish with the salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  3. Place the butter and oil in a small nonstick skillet on medium-low heat. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Swirl the lemon juice in the pan. Immediately remove from heat.
  4. Drizzle the lemon-garlic mixture over the top of the fish.
  5. Bake, uncovered, until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 12 minutes.
  6. Divide the fish between plates and top with the accumulated juice from the dish. Garnish with parsley and serve with a lemon wedge.

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