Made some very yummy fish last night. And ridiculously quick & easy too! I love those kind of recipes :)
Ingredients:
1 lb cod
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 limes – thinly sliced
1 teaspoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon fresh thyme (may substitute 1/2 teaspoon dried)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry hot mustard
1/3 cup fresh cilantro
sea salt (to taste)
Preheat over to 400 degrees. Dry the fish by gently patting with paper towel. Place half the lime slices in the bottom of a baking dish and lightly salt.
Combine melted butter, ginger and spices and drizzle over the limes. Place the cod on top and cover with the remaining lime slices.
Bake for 11-13 minutes. Garnish with cilantro; salt to taste.
Now – this was the recipe I had. What I did to alter it slightly was used 3 tablespoons of butter. This little extra allowed me to have a small amount of sauce that could be spooned over the fish (placed on top of jasmine rice would be perfect but I skipped the carbs last night – next time!)
I also didn’t have sea salt (thought I had some when getting spices at the store) so I used some pure ocean salt that I did have. You’d think they’d be the same? Or similar enough? The ocean salt is a thicker, coarser grain so you can probably use less. I am a complete, unapologetic saltaholic so I used the same amount of it as required by the recipe. Husband thought it was too salty for him – wimp :) And I left off the cilantro as I am not a huge fan of cilantro and it was garnish only anyway.
The fish turned out very zesty! And spicy (although I’m the wimp when it comes to spice!) And I drizzled the sauce over the fish and the sauteed zucchini and mushrooms I made. YUM!
I am SOOOO making this again. I should have taken a picture of it – I was too hungry to think about it until after I started eating :) But with the drizzled sauce and baked lime slices, it makes a nice presentation too.
