Orange and Fennel Roasted Cod

Name: Orange and Fennel Roasted Cod
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 907 grams cod fillets, cut to make 4 pieces; 1 Tbsp cooking oil; 907 grams fennel bulbs (about each), including the fronds; 0 teaspoons fennel seeds; 1 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 59 milliliters fresh orange juice; 1 teaspoon grated orange zest; 1 teaspoon salt

Orange and Fennel Roasted Cod might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 296 calories, 43g of protein, and 6g of fat. If you have cod fillets, orange juice, fennel bulbs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cooking oil you could follow this main course with the Raw blueberry cheesecake with crumb topping as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, whole 30, and pescatarian diet.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 45

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Oven

Cut off the tops of the fennel bulbs and chop the leafy fronds.

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Fennel Bulb

Cut each bulb into 8 wedges. In a large roasting pan, toss the fennel wedges with the oil and 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Fennel

Cooking Oil

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Roasting Pan

Spread the fennel in an even layer and roast for 25 minutes. Stir the fennel and rotate the pan so the vegetables cook evenly. Roast 15 minutes longer.

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Vegetable

Fennel

Spread

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Frying Pan

Meanwhile, in a glass or stainless-steel bowl, combine the orange juice, orange zest, fennel seeds, and the remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

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Fennel Seeds

Orange Juice

Orange Zest

Pepper

Salt

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Bowl

Add the cod and marinate while the fennel roasts.

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Fennel

Cod

Remove the pan from the oven and top the fennel with the cod and its marinade. Roast until the cod is just done, about 10 minutes for 3/4-inch-thick fillets.

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Marinade

Fennel

Cod

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Oven

Frying Pan

Sprinkle the chopped fennel fronds over the cod.

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Fennel

Cod

Fish Alternatives: Use other relatively thick, white-fleshed fillets in place of the cod. Try haddock, sea bass, or orange roughy.

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Orange Roughy

Seabass

Haddock

Fish

Cod

Fennel Fronds

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Fennel

The wispy leaves on the top of fennel bulbs have a mild anise flavor and can be used like an herb. Some grocers cut this part off, but if you can find fennel with the fronds still attached, they're a bonus. If not, the dish will taste just fine without them.

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Fennel

Anise

Wine Recommendation: Fennel is particularly nice when paired with a full-flavored acidic white such as a chenin blanc orsauvignon blanc. Look for a Vouvray (made from chenin blanc) or Sancerre (made from sauvignon blanc), both produced in the Loire Valley in France.

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Sancerre