Baked Fish with Lemony Herbed Breadcrumbs

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Enjoy!

Summer 2020: We make this dish all year round but it is never better than in the Summer!

We always included it as part of our dinner plan when we rent a house on the Jersey shore with family.

It’s easy, a crowd-pleaser and super fresh with local fish.

Enjoy!

Update April 2020: 5 1/2 weeks in to “staying at home” and I finally found some great local stores, including one with an amazing fish market, that do online ordering & curbside pick up. So we had this baked fish and some baked fries for dinner last night, and it was such a nice change of pace!

By chance, my sister-in-law and a friend both made it for their family’s this weekend too and to rave reviews!

They each served it with their family’s favorite veggies and potatoes but everyone agreed the baked fish and the lemony herbed breadcrumb topping was amazing!

And this dish will become a regular in all our “stay at home” existence because it is so simple!

Hope you love it too!

Original post…

I am finally sharing my husband’s “famous” Baked Fish with Lemony Herbed Breadcrumbs! (it’s actually his mom’s recipe but he’s the one that makes it around here so we call it his recipe)

If you’ve followed me awhile on Instagram, you’ve probably seen this before on Instagram Stories.

My husband is quite “famous” in extended family for making this fish dish.  He makes it when we vacation together “down the shore” (where are my NJ friends?) and he made it this year for Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes.

It is a dish that everyone loves, even people who swear they don’t like fish!

It’s based on a recipe his mom makes but being a true Italian of her generation, there is no recipe — it’s just a little of this and a handful of that… so my husband has graciously made this time and time again, measuring as he goes so that we can share it with you!

I’m certain it will be become a staple in your house too!

If you’re not familiar with it this, let me catch you up!

It’s a simple, quick, easy and delicious way to prepare and enjoy fish!

It’s just a white fish like flounder or sole, topped with a Lemon Herbed Breadcrumb mixture and baked for 15-20 minutes.  That’s it!

And it’s super delicious and a fan favorite!

Here we made it while on vacation for 10 people and had to use the grill because we didn’t have oven space!

So let’s make it!

All you’ll need is:

fresh flounder or sole or your favorite light fish

gluten-free Italian breadcrumbs (we used Aleia’s – Amazon Affiliate link)

olive oil

1 garlic clove

salt

pepper

fresh lemon juice

and lots of fresh parsley!

As for the fish, we make this we a light, flaky white fish like a flounder or sole. It tends to be the most widely appealing fish as it’s not thick or fishy.

Pro tip: ask your fish market for what’s fresh, I am by no means a fish expert but have learned that if you ask your fish market, they will tell you what’s the best at the moment!

Start by making the breadcrumbs.

Using your hands mix all the ingredients together until really well combined.

My husband likes to mix the breadcrumbs, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic and 1/2 the parsley first. Then mix in the garlic and additional parsley.  There is no right way to do it.

You’re looking for a texture that is moist but not overly wet.

Then place the fish, smooth side down, in a well oiled pan.

Top with the Lemony Herbed Breadcrumb mix and bake for 17-20 minutes!

That’s it! The entire dish is ready in 30 minutes!

To complete the dinner, we generally serve it with some kind of potato (here we roasted them) and vegetable (usually corn on the cob in the Summer but here I made roasted tomatoes which were juicy and delish!).

The potatoes are a staple in our house.

Sometimes we cut them in cubes like this, other times we slice them thin like fries. Either way it is simple a whole potato, cut or sliced, tossed with olive oil, sprinkled with kosher salt and baked for 30 minutes.

Perfect every time!

For the tomatoes, here I simply sliced them in half, drizzled with olive oil and kosher salt and roasted for about 15 minutes until nice and juicy!

The entire plate takes 40-45 minutes in total if you can bake the fish at the same time as the potoates and tomatoes as we did and it is delish!

Hope you love it as much as we do!

Should I share more fish recipes?

I have a few more family favorites I could make for you… let me know.

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