Roast Cod with Garlic Bacon Butter is pan-seared, then finished in the oven! The seasoned butter topped fish tastes amazing, and is ready in under 20 minutes!
Place the ingredients in a small bowl (softened butter, flat leaf parsley, garlic, shallots, Dijon mustard, crisp, cooked and crumbled bacon, flour, salt and pepper. Stir to combine ingredients well. Once combined, add fresh squeezed lemon juice. Mix butter once again to incorporate juice, then set aside.
Preheat oven to 450°F. Lightly season skinless cod fillets with salt and pepper.
Heat canola (or vegetable oil) on medium high heat in a deep, large OVENPROOF skillet. Once oil is very hot (but not smoking), add the fish. Cook the cod fillets for 4 minutes without disturbing. After 4 minutes, carefully turn fillets over with a spatula. Cook cod fillets for 1 more minute. TIP: The oils in the skillet may pop quite a bit, so you may find it helpful to use a splatter screen on top of the skillet to reduce any mess.
Turn fillets back over to the original side cooked. Place a Tablespoon of garlic bacon butter mixture on top of each piece. Immediately put ovenproof skillet with fish (uncovered) into a preheated 450°F oven. Roast cod in oven for 3 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked through. Remove skillet from oven. Add any leftover garlic bacon butter to the hot skillet. It will melt, and you can spoon the sauce over the roast cod when serving, for extra flavor! Enjoy!
NOTES: If you wish to use proscuitto instead of bacon, use 1½ Tablespoons minced proscuitto (no need to cook).
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