Baked Fish with Lemon Cream Sauce (One Baking Dish!)

Recipe video above. A fantastic quick-fix dinner - baked fish in a lemon cream sauce, all made in ONE PAN! Don't let the short ingredient list fool you, this tastes so good! The key to the tasty sauce is the fish juices that leeches out while baking and is essentially the broth for the sauce! IMPORTANT: See Note 1 for fresh vs frozen fish.

Dinner made real easy: on the table in 15 minutes, this Baked Fish with Lemon Cream Sauce is all made in ONE baking dish! Yup, just throw it all in one pan, bake it, and you end up with a tender juicy fish in a creamy lemon sauce.

The sauce is especially delish because the juices of the fish mingles in with it while it’s baking. It’s like a sauce made with the best stock ever!Here’s a great effortless way to cook fish in the oven which comes with a creamy lemon sauce! It’s the sort of recipe you can make no matter how hectic your household is, or on a lazy Sunday night.

It took a handful of goes to get it right. As expected, getting the right sauce consistency was the main thing. Not just about adding a thickener – mustard in this case – but also heating up the sauce in the microwave before pouring it all over the fish.

The reason this makes a difference is that cold cream and mustard mixed into melted butter = thicker sauce (because the butter partially solidifies again) so more of it stays on the fish while baking.

This results in less pooling of the sauce in the baking dish which = watery sauce (i.e. ratio of sauce mixing with fish juice was lower). Fish leeches an amazing amount of liquid when it bakes. You will be surprised.

The recipe implies that the sauce is rich but actually, it is not! I describe it as kind of light and fresh, yet a bit creamy. The mustard and cream are the thickener, so it isn’t watery.

It really is so delicious, you will be thankful there is a decent amount of sauce because it’s perfect for mopping up with bread or spooning over mashed potato!

BAKED FISH WITH LEMON CREAM SAUCE (ONE BAKING DISH!)

Author : Nagi | RecipeTin Eats

Prep : 5 mins

Cook : 10 mins

Total : 15 mins

Course : Dinner

INGREDIENTS

• 4 x 150- 180g / 5 - 6 oz fish fillets , about 1.5cm / 1/2" thick, skinless and boneless (Note 1)
• 50 g / 4 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy / thickened cream (See Note 2 for sub options)
• 1 - 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
• Salt & pepper
• 1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped shallots / scallions , white part only (Note 3)
• Fresh parsley and lemon slices , to serve

INSTRUCTIONS

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