Baked Cod
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
15 min.
Preparation
ready in 35 min.
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Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 5 Tbsps unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 clove garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 ½ Tbsps fresh lemon juice
- kosher salt (to taste)
- freshly ground Black pepper (to taste)
- 32 ozs skinless Cod
- For Tarragon Sauce
- 1 clove garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 Tbsp butter
- ¼ cup vegetable stock
- 1 Tbsp fresh Tarragon (finely chopped; plus extra sprigs for garnish)
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup whipping cream
Preparation steps
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.
Melt butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and add garlic, saute until fragrant. Remove pan from heat, add the lemon juice, salt and pepper and stir to incorporate.
3.
Season the cod fillets to taste with salt and pepper. Place the fish in a shallow 9x13-inch baking dish. Fold the thin tail pieces of the fish in half to increase their thickness. Pour the butter mixture over the fish, lifting the fish with a spatula to coat the underside. Cover loosely and bake until the fish is cooked thorough, about 12 to 15 minutes.
4.
Meanwhile, prepare the Tarragon Sauce:
5.
Gently saute the garlic in butter until fragrant. Add vegetable stock, tarragon, lemon juice and whipping cream, reduce by one-third. Divide sauce between 4 plates, arrange fish on top of sauce and garnish with tarragon. Serve.
