This baked fish is our absolute favorite baked white fish recipe. It's cooked in a delicious lemon garlic butter sauce until tender and flaky. It's a 20-minute dinner recipe you don't want to miss!
Ingredients
4tablespoonsbutter
3clovesgarlic, minced
1lemon
1 ½lbwhite fish fillets, see notes
½ teaspoonEACH: sea salt and pepper
Minced parsley, to serve
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
Melt the butter in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and let it cook for 1 minute. Zest the lemon (preferably with a Microplane) and add it to the butter.
4 tablespoons butter, 3 cloves garlic
Thinly slice the zested lemon and place the slices in the bottom of a baking dish. If there are extras, save them for the top of the fish.
1 lemon
Dry the fish with paper towels, season both sides with salt and pepper, then lay the fish on top of the lemon slices. Spoon or brush the garlic butter over the fish.
1 ½ lb white fish fillets, ½ teaspoon EACH: sea salt and pepper
Bake the fish for 10-12 minutes, or until it flakes easily with a fork. Serve with a little parsley sprinkled over the top for color.
Minced parsley
Notes
White fish is the generic term for many different kinds of fish. A few to look for are cod, lingcod, grouper, snapper, whitefish, haddock, rockfish, or sole.