Grandmother's Kitchen

Baked Cod

This baked cod recipe is first pan fried so it gets nice and brown and then baked with refreshing lemon and paprika.

Baked Cod

Ingredients

  • 4 cod fillets, each 1 inch thick
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. In the meanwhile, heat a large frying pan with butter.
  3. Place the fillets into the the frying pan and cook for 1 minute on high heat to brown on each side.
  4. Immediately transfer and arrange the fillets in a large baking dish.
  5. Drizzle with the lemon juice and olive oil.
  6. Rub on garlic, salt, pepper, and paprika.
  7. Bake 15-20 minutes, until you can’t see through the fish, but still juicy. Flip fillets over half way through cooking time.

Original source: food.com