Friday, January 22, 2016

Resolution to Recipe - Baked Cod

  So, here I am tackling a resolution! Wooheee! 

I like to eat fish... When I go out to eat at a nice restaurant, I tend to order fish.  There is just something about a fresh, perfectly cooked fish dish that gets me excited.  It is light and delicious, flakey, buttery, crispy, mmmm, mmmm, mmmmm PLUS it has omega-3s.... but now to get back on track - I recently have been buying these frozen cod fillets from Trader Joes and have been making this baked cod dish fairly frequently.  It is an easy recipe to follow, does not take long to prepare, and comes out super yummy.  My 16 month old enjoys it.
(adapted from here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/228319/perfect-ten-baked-cod/)








INGREDIENTS:


3 Tablespoons Butter

1/4 cup crackers, crushed
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1 Tablespoon Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 pound cod fillets
1 Lemon, juiced
1/4 cup white wine
1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 Tablespoon chopped chives



1. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F


 
2. Rinse your fish with cool water and blot with a paper towel.





3. If you wish, cut your fillets into smaller pieces.  I typically cut mine in half. 
   4. Squeeze half of your lemon over the fish fillets and put to the side.



5. Melt 2 Tablespoons of Butter



6. Crush your crackers, sometimes I put them in a ziplock and crush, but sometimes I use my (clean) bare hands (as pictured). 


My daughter loves these crackers.





 
7. Add in breadcrumbs.

8. Now the Parmesan.
9. Next stir in the melted butter.
10. The remaining 1 tablespoon of butter goes in a baking dish and into the preheated over for 3 minutes to melt.




11. Chop your parsley in the meantime.
12. Then coat both sides of your fish in the melted butter in the baking dish and add half of your parsley.


13. Bake your cod in the preheated oven for ten minutes and remove.


14.Top with lemon juice, wine, and cracker mixture.







15. And return to the oven to bake until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork, about 10 more minutes.


16. Squeeze the remaining lemon over and garnish with chopped chives and remaining parsley.

Enjoy!

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