Baked Cod with Lemon Parmesan Sauce

Baked cod with lemon Parmesan sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 24oz jar Rao’s® Lemon Parmesan Marinara
  • 1 lb. cod loin or halibut, fresh cut into 4 – 4oz pieces
  • 12oz green beans, blanched
  • 1 lb. baby potatoes or butterball potatoes, boiled or steamed, and cut into quarters
  • ½ cup olive oil, divided
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, for garnish
  • ¼ shallots, julienned
  • 2 tbsp chopped Italian parsley
  • ½ tbsp chopped chives

Directions

  • Season the fish with salt and pepper.
  • Working in a large sauté pan, add 4tbsp oil.
  • Sear the fish, flesh side down, in the oil until it is golden brown.
  • Carefully remove the fish from the pan and drain off the excess oil.
  • Add the Rao’s® Lemon Parmesan Marinara to the large sauté pan and add the reserved seared fish.
  • Allow the sauce to come to simmer and gently finish cooking the fish in the sauce.
  • While the fish is gently cooking the sauce, place a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the remaining olive oil to the pan and heat until the oil begins to shimmer.
  • Add the cooked and quartered potatoes and begin to cook them until they start to brown. (approx. 2-3 minutes.)
  • Next, add the shallots and green beans and quickly sauté the beans and shallots until the shallots are soft and the beans are warmed through.
  • Divide the potato and green beans evenly among four warm plates.
  • Top each portion of the potatoes and green beans with a piece of fish and spoon some of the sauce over and around the fish. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve.