logo
🇺🇸 America's Top Recipes 🇺🇸

Lemon Cod

DinnerOvenSeafood

Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

recipe image

About

Cod is the perfect foundation for incredible dishes; it soaks in aromas and flavors like a sponge, so every flaky bite is a taste explosion. Lemon Cod puts these fantastic qualities on full display with a bright, rich sauce infusing the fish with citrusy joy throughout. Add in a crispy, smoky, and even more lemony seasoning mix, and Lemon Cod practically radiates in sweet tanginess. Plus you can have this sunbeam of a dish ready in just half an hour.

Recommended Articles

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
  • 4 (6-ounce) cod fillets
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Step 2 -Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Step 3 -In a shallow bowl, mix the lemon juice and the butter.

Step 4 -In a separate shallow bowl, mix the flour, the salt, the paprika, and the lemon pepper seasoning.

Step 5 -Dip the fillets in the lemon juice mixture and then in the flour mixture to coat both sides. Shake off the excess.

Step 6 -Place the fillets in the prepared baking dish.

Step 7 -Drizzle the cod with the remaining lemon juice mixture.

Step 8 -Bake until the fish has just begun to flake easily with a fork and it is cooked through at 145 degrees F, about 12-15 minutes.

Step 9 -Turn on the broiler and broil until golden-brown, about 2-3 minutes. Keep a close eye on it so it doesn't burn.

Step 10 -Mix the parsley and the lemon zest.

Step 11 -Sprinkle the parsley-lemon zest mixture over the fish.

Step 12 -Serve.

Explore More Favorites