Baked Cod with Olive Oil + Herbs
Flaky cod, lemon, oregano, cherry tomatoes and olives.
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Pre-roasting the tomatoes solo is the unfussy chef's trick - it gets them blistered and saucy by the time the cod is just cooked through. Skip that step and you'll have raw tomatoes with overcooked fish.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 4cod fillets~6 oz each, patted dry
- 2 cupscherry tomatoeshalved
- ½ cupkalamata olivespitted, halved
- 1 mediumshallotthinly sliced
- 4garlic clovesminced
- 5 tbspolive oil
- 2lemon1 zested and juiced, 1 wedges
- 1 tspdried oregano
- 4 sprigsfresh thymeleaves only
- 1 tbspcapersdrained
- ¼ cupfresh parsleychopped
- 1 tspkosher salt
- ½ tspblack pepper
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 340calories
- 32gprotein
- 8gcarbs
- 20gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Pat cod fillets dry. Season both sides with 3/4 tsp salt and pepper.
- Halve cherry tomatoes and olives; slice shallot; mince garlic; zest and juice 1 lemon; wedge the other; pull thyme leaves; chop parsley.
Build base
In the baking dish, toss cherry tomatoes, olives, shallot, garlic, capers, olive oil, oregano, thyme, lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt. Spread in an even layer.
4 min · hands onPre-roast
Roast the tomato-olive base alone for 8 minutes - tomatoes need to start breaking down before the fish goes in or the cod will overcook waiting for them.
8 min · hands offNestle cod
Nestle cod fillets into the tomato mixture, spooning some over the tops. Drizzle with remaining olive oil.
1 min · hands onBake
Return to oven. Bake 12-14 min until cod flakes easily with a fork at the thickest point (130-135°F internal - it carries over).
13 min · hands offServe
Scatter parsley over the dish. Serve fillets with plenty of the tomato-olive juices spooned over. Lemon wedges on the side.
1 min · hands onMake it yours
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What keeps
Eat fresh - baked fish dries out on reheat. Cherry tomato-olive mixture can be prepped 24 hr ahead, kept in fridge.
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