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20 Cod Recipes Everyone Will Love

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These best cod recipes will please everyone around the table! Here are easy and healthy ways to make this fish taste exciting.

Cod Recipes

We admit, “We’re having cod for dinner!” doesn’t have the sexiest ring to it. But here’s the thing. Cod has a mild, pure flavor that’s not fishy at all: it’s even milder than salmon! Because of its approachable flavor, cod is a great starter fish for people who don’t think they like fish. Bake it coated in spices for Fish Tacos, or fry it and top it with crunchy coleslaw as a Fish Sandwich.

Here are all the best healthy cod recipes to make this versatile fish please everyone around the table! Along with recipes from this website, we’ve got recipes from experts  Jocelyn Delk Adams of Grandbaby Cakes, Imma Adamu of Immaculate Bites, Gina Homolka of Skinnytaste, and Jessica Merchant of How Sweet Eats.

And now…cod recipes everyone will love!

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We're Alex & Sonja Overhiser: cookbook authors, busy parents, and a real life couple who cooks together. Since 2010 we've shared simple, seasonal recipes from our home kitchen, every one tested on our family and photographed by us.

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12 Comments

  1. Travis Emory says:

    Krazzee C.O.D. Fish, Fatback, Potato, Rice, Eggs: Yellow rice or brown rice topped with sauteed or fried c.o.d. fish, fatback, thinly sliced fried potatoes or sauteed potatoes, yellow cornbread or flapjack cornbread,, eggs containing cream cheese, cream, whip cream, sour cream, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese,

  2. Travis Emory says:

    In skillet, put in tomato sauce, cream, and lemons, and COD fish. Bake. Drizzle cream, honey, and oyster sauce on top of COD.

  3. Travis Emory says:

    Sauteed COD Fatback: Put COD in Skillet filled with butter and a few fatback pieces. Cook till done. Drizzle mixture sauce containing cream, duck sauce, butter, blended celery.

  4. Travis Emory says:

    Sauté’ COD fish in butter, onions, carrots, thinly sliced potatoes. Then top with a mixture sauce containing, tomato sauce, vinegar, butter, cream.

  5. Maryjo says:

    AL

  6. Suzanne says:

    Made this tonight and we both raved at how good it was!!!

  7. Mary McCreath says:

    Amazing super fast dinner. Paired with blanched asparagus and carrots. A win for my picky 18 year old. “Next time you make that, can you make more”….

  8. Corinne Souza says:

    Hi, I tried the cod fish recipe tonight and I am so glad I did. I was perfect in every way. It was a very fast prep, cooked in 10 minutes and one pan. We had mash potatoes and I did fry an onion in the pan after I took the fish out. I would tell anyone to try this, it was delicious!

    1. Alex Overhiser says:

      So glad you enjoyed!

  9. DAN @ Sauce Grandmaster says:

    hi Sonja & Alex
    I’ve always liked to experiment with fish recipes.
    But I find that most of the recipes for cod are lemon. Why is that?

    1. Sara says:

      They complement each other. Cod doesn’t have a strong, bright, fresh flavor but lemon does. Lemon is both a light and bright without overpowering the qualities of the fish.

      Another herb, spice, or vegetable (dill, cayenne, tomato, etc.) might go well with it, but overpower it as the main ingredient.

      Lemon also has a way of removing unpleasant odors (use to wash hands after touching garlic or onions) so it maybe also makes fish taste less “fishy”.

  10. Sonja Overhiser says:

    Let us know if you have any questions!

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