COD WITH TOMATO AND HERB BUTTER

Most tender, flakiest, and flavorful cod you may ever make! This tomato and herb butter compliments the slight tasting cod within essentially some of the foremost delicious method ever. It may be the one baked cod with tomato recipe you may crave time after time.

INGREDIENTS TOMATO AND HERB BUTTER 1 medium shallot, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp. olive oil, plus more for drizzling 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes 1/2 cup hen stock 1/2 tsp. sea salt 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes 1/4 tsp. granulated sugar 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, sliced 3 Tbsp. recent chopped herbs (basil, parsley, chives, cilantro), plus more for garnish COD 2 – 2 1/4 kilos recent cod fillets, cut into 6–8 oz. portions* 1 lemon salt and recent floor black pepper INSTRUCTIONS TOMATO AND HERB BUTTER In a small saucepan warmth olive oil over medium heat. Sauté shallot and garlic for 4-5 minutes or till soft, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes, hen stock, sea salt, red pepper flakes, and sugar. Simmer, uncovered, for 15-17 minutes or till tomatoes wreck down and launch their juices and liquid has virtually evaporated. Remove the saucepan from the warmth and stir within the butter and recent herbs. The herb butter must be velvety and thick. Cover and preserve warm whereas the cod is baking. COD Preheat the oven to 400 stages F. Drizzle the backside of a casserole dish frivolously with olive oil. You desire a dish large sufficient to suit the cod in one layer with a few room round otherwise you gets too a lot juice throughout baking. Pat dry the cod fairly effectively and region in one layer. Season with salt and pepper to style but be generous. Drizzle the upper frivolously with olive oil and squeeze of recent lemon. I used about 1/2 lemon. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 12-18 minutes or till simply flaked. Baking time will rely at the thickness of the cod. Remove from the oven and evenly unfold the tomato butter over the cod. Cover again with aluminum foil and permit stand at room temperature for 1-2 minutes earlier than serving. You simply desire all of the flavors to come together. Garnish with recent chopped herbs, if desired, and serve immediately. NOTES *I used about 2 1/4 kilos of cod that I was capable to chop into six (6-8 oz.) person portions **This cod serves fairly effectively with cooked rice, quinoa, or crusty bread to soak in all of the juices. Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 (6-8 oz.) fillet plus sauce Serves 6 Amount Per Serving Calories 350 % Daily Value* Total Fat 11.1g 17% Cholesterol 168.7mg 56% Sodium 383.3mg 16% Total Carbohydrate 6.8g 2% Sugars 3.1g Protein 57.7g 115% Vitamin A6%Vitamin C39%

BAKED COD
Okay friends. So this recipe has been a lengthy time within the making. Three months is a lengthy time for me and don’t ask why it took so lengthy to share.

But I got here throughout a tomato and herb butter recipe start of the summer time within the Cooking Light journal and permit me inform you, it was everything, plus more!

You guys understand that I attempt to restrict butter and processed meals in this weblog but trust me once I say a section of is going a lengthy method here.

I can’t recover from how flavorful the herb butter is, especially when paired with a slight and lean fish like cod.

BEST COD RECIPE
So I replaced the recipe up a section and placed my very own little spin and it’s heavily the greatest cod recipe out there.

It’s simply garlic, shallots, tomatoes, spices and broth simmered till tomatoes burst and launch their juices. Then you stir within the butter and recent herbs and OMG!

The outcome is velvety, thick, moderately spicy and candy butter which you simply may desire to consume by a spoonful. It fairly is.

This melted butter sauce over baked cod is one delicious baked cod with butter dinner. Plus all these juices at the backside of the pan…(my heart) ♥

To bake the recent cod. All you have to do is pre-heat the oven to 400 F degrees. Toss the cod fillets with little olive oil, salt, and pepper. Place in a baking dish and bake for 15 minutes or so, depending at the thickness or till simply flakes with a fork.

You can serve it with rice, quinoa, or my favorite…crusty bread to soak in all of the juices. I imply does it get higher than that!?

I’m fairly hoping you provide this baked cod with butter a strive or even when you’re no longer a fish lover, I suppose it's going to switch your mind.

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Cod in Creamy Roasted Pepper Sauce
Baked Fish and Vegetables in Foil Packets
Blackened Salmon Lettuce Wraps – you'll be ready to simply sub cod for this recipe
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Most tender, flakiest, and flavorful cod you may ever make! This tomato and herb butter compliments the slight tasting cod within essentially some of the foremost delicious method ever. It may be the one baked cod with butter you may crave time after time.

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