Cod Baked in Foil
- 1 1/2 to 2 pounds thick cod fillet, cut into 4 equal pieces
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley or basil leaves
- Lemon wedges for serving
- Put a baking pan in the oven and preheat it to 400F.
- Take 8 sheets of aluminum foil, each about 18 inches long, and place one piece on top of the other (you will make 4 packages).
- Rub the fish with some of the olive oil; it should be nice and moist.
- Season it with salt and pepper and put it on a piece of the foil.
- Sprinkle with garlic and parsley and fold the foil onto itself, crimping the edges as tightly as possible.
- Repeat the process.
- (You can refrigerate the packages until youre ready to cook, no more than 6 hours later.)
- Put the packages in the baking dish and bake for about 15 minutes (or about 8 minutes from the time it starts sizzling).
- Let sit for a couple of minutes before carefully slitting open the packages.
- Then spoon out the fish and serve with the lemon.
- Add any or all of the following to each of the packages: 1 seeded and diced plum tomato, a few black olives, some capers, some very thinly sliced potato or onion.
- You dont need to make packages to produce the same flavor: Use either the original recipe or the variation and place the fish and other ingredients in a covered baking dish (Corning Ware is ideal for this).
- Bake at 350F to 400F until the fish is cooked through (the fish is done when the point of a thin-bladed knife inserted into the thickest part meets little resistance), 10 to 15 minutes.
cod fillet, extra virgin olive oil, salt, garlic, parsley, lemon wedges
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cod-baked-in-foil-386184 (may not work)