- 3 tablespoons salt
- 1 1/2 pounds lingcod, cleaned and boned
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup butter, divided
- 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- Dissolve 3 tablespoons salt in 8 cups of water in a bowl and brine lingcod at room temperature for 30 minutes. Drain brine and rinse and dry cod; season 1 side with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Cut lemon in half; zest 1 half and cut the other half into wedges.
- Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add cod; cook until fillets are golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.
- Transfer fillets into a baking pan; squeeze zested half of lemon over cod.
- Combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, lemon pepper, and lemon zest in a bowl. Top fillets with bread crumb mixture. Cut remaining butter into pieces and dot top of fillets.
- Bake fillets in the preheated oven until bread crumb mixture is golden brown and cod flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.
04/09/2018
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