Wild Alaskan Cod with Fresh Herbs and Tomatoes in Foil
Cooking seafood in foil ensures a fresh kitchen, moist, delicious fish, and a minimum of clean-up. Making seafood packets is one of my favorite ways to prepare healthy, flavorful seafood quickly and easily. The foil packet technique solves the challenges of cooking restaurant quality fish in your own kitchen, and can be used reliably with all types of seafood.
Ingredients
- 2 4 oz packages of MSC certified sustainable wild Alaskan cod thawed
- 1 small fresh tomato seeded, drained and diced
- 1/2 tsp. grated lemon zest
- 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. melted butter
- 1 shallot chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup of your choice of basil dill, arugula, thyme, tarragon, oregano or chives. My favorite is fennel fronds. I use the fluffy fronds in my seafood packets and the bulb in my salads or as a dipper for hummus (You can use dried herbs as well — adjust to 1 Tbsp.)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 Tbsp. of capers or Kalamata olives. optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Tear two 12” squares of heavy duty aluminum foil and spread in a single layer on work surface. Line each piece of foil with a piece of parchment paper.
- Season MSC certified wild Alaskan cod with salt and pepper on both sides. Place fish on each of the parchment lined foil squares.
- Chop, seed and drain tomato. Mix tomatoes, shallot, olive oil, parsley and herbs together.
- Place MSC certified sustainable cod on top of chopped tomato mixture, drizzle fish with melted butte rand fold edges of foil and parchment over to enclose top of packets. Then fold sides in to form a tight seal.
- Place packets in a single layer on a large baking sheet and place in middle of pre-heated oven. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove packets and let sit for 3 minutes before placing on individual plates or serving over brown rice or vegetable noodles (such as zucchini zoodles). Use caution when opening hot packets.
Kristen Coffield
I am a passionate advocate for food as medicine, life navigator and culinary coach. This is my space for sharing what excites, inspires and motivates me to live my best life. It began as a recipe blog for nourishing, simple, weekday meals and has become something much bigger… a guide to resilient wellness. I am excited to share my knowledge of how daily habits can cumulatively help you to live like you mean it and age like you want to.
