Broiled Cracked Pepper Cod
Healthy and delicious Broiled Cracked Pepper Cod with sweet bell peppers, onions, and garlic. Serve it with rice or potatoes for a tasty weeknight meal.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 4 pieces cod fillets (about 1½ lbs/675g)
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion (thinly sliced)
- ½ red bell pepper (thinly sliced)
- ½ yellow bell pepper (thinly sliced)
- 3 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)
Instructions
- Smash black peppercorns with a meat pounder. Set aside.
- Sprinkle thyme and salt on both sides of fish.
- Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a cast iron skillet. Cook onion, red and yellow bell pepper for 2 minutes. Add garlic and continue to cook for another 30 seconds.
- Transfer half the vegetables to a bowl.
- Place the fish on top of the remaining vegetables in the pan. Then spread the vegetables in the bowl on top of the fish.
- Sprinkle cracked black pepper and drizzle remaining tablespoon of olive oil over the fish and vegetables.
- Broil the fish in the preheated broiler until the flesh turns opaque and white, and the fish flakes easily, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 202kcal
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