Pan-Seared and Crusted Ling Cod

This is a simple and excellent way to serve ling cod or other bottom fish. It makes a delicious meal served with rice pilaf and Caesar salad.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 373 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 ½ cups bread crumbs
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
• ½ cup butter, divided
• 1 ½ pounds lingcod, cleaned and boned

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Dissolve 3 tablespoons salt in 8 cups of water in a bowl and brine lingcod at room temperature for 30 minutes. Drain brine and rinse and dry cod; season 1 side with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Cut lemon in half; zest 1 half and cut the other half into wedges.

Step 4

Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add cod; cook until fillets are golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.

Step 5

Transfer fillets into a baking pan; squeeze zested half of lemon over cod.

Step 6

Combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, lemon pepper, and lemon zest in a bowl. Top fillets with bread crumb mixture. Cut remaining butter into pieces and dot top of fillets.

Step 7

Bake fillets in the preheated oven until bread crumb mixture is golden brown and cod flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.