Cheesy Baked Cod

A quick, inexpensive and easy option for lunch or dinner! Cod with cheese in the oven — a recipe for making fish fillets, which are baked in sauce. Due to this, it turns out juicy, aromatic and very tasty. The dish is prepared from simple and affordable ingredients.
cook time: 1h
Ethan Rowley
Cheesy Baked Cod

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

136
Calories
8g
Fat
1g
Carbs
15g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Cod fillet 500 g
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

For the sauce:

Hard cheese 100 g
Sour cream 100 g
Grainy mustard 2 tbsp
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake cod fillet with cheese in the oven? Prepare your food. Wash the fillet, dry it and cut into medium pieces. You can take ready-made portioned chilled fillets; in this case, defrost them first. You can also prepare fillets yourself from whole fish.

Step 2

Step 2
Season the fillet with salt and pepper and place in a baking dish greased with vegetable oil. Sprinkle fish with lemon juice.

Step 3

Step 3
Prepare the sauce. How to make sauce? Grate the cheese. Any cheese is suitable for this dish — hard, semi-hard, soft, like mozzarella. The main thing is that it is tasty, of high quality, without milk fat substitutes, and melts well.

Step 4

Step 4
Combine sour cream and cheese, stir. Use sour cream of any fat content, the main thing is that it is natural and tasty.

Step 5

Step 5
Add mustard, salt and pepper. You may not add salt or pepper to the sauce — this will depend on the saltiness of the cheese and the spiciness of the mustard. Instead of grainy mustard, any other mustard that is not very spicy will do. Mix everything until smooth.

Step 6

Step 6
Spread the sauce over the fish fillets.

Step 7

Step 7
Place the dish in an oven preheated to 180°C for 20-30 minutes. The times are approximate, rely on your oven, ingredients and the readiness of the dish. The finished cod will be covered with a delicious golden brown crust. Remove it from the oven, cool slightly and serve with any side dish. Bon appetit!

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