Pan Seared Cod Fillets are tender and flaky and taste wonderful with a dollop of Fresh Puttanesca Sauce. Just a word of warning, the sauce is exquisite, but powerful so use sparingly with this delicate fish.

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  • Course Dinner, Fish
  • Cuisine Italian
  • Keyword 15 Minute Meal, 5 Ingredients or Less, All-Seasons, Delicious, Fast, Flavor, Pan Seared, Savory, Special Dinner, Week Night Dinner
Servings Prep Time Cook Time
2 people 3 minutes 6 minutes
Passive Time Total Time
9 minutes
Servings Prep Time Cook Time
2 people 3 minutes 6 minutes
Passive Time Total Time
9 minutes
Degree of Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
Servings: people
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Instructions
  1. Gather all ingredients before starting recipe
  2. Dry cod fillets with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper and cut 2 or 3 slits in the skin to prevent the fillets from curling
  3. Heat a teaspoonful of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium high heat and heat until the oil is almost smoking
  4. Add cod fillets, skin side down and cook for 2-3 minutes
  5. Carefully turn, and cook the second side for an additional 2-3 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork
Plating
  1. Spoon a small amount of Puttanesca sauce in the bottom of the plate, and draw out into a line
  2. Top with a fillet of cod, then add a dollop of the sauce on top of the cod
  3. Garnish with chopped parsley.
Side
  1. Cut baguette slices on a diagonal and drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt
  2. Toast under the broiler until nicely browned, turn and toast the second side.
  3. Serve with pan seared cod and puttanesca sauce

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