Quick dinners 🌊 Mediterranean 30 min meal

Air fryer lemon pepper cod with green beans

Name: Air fryer lemon pepper cod with green beans
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 cod fillets, about 150g each, skinless; 1 low fat cooking spray, a few sprays; 2 lemons, zest of 2, one squeezed and one cut into wedges; 2 tsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp garlic granules; 1 tsp dried parsley; 0.5 tsp salt; 300g green beans, trimmed; 250g cherry tomatoes

Tender flaky cod with a zingy lemon and pepper crust, cooked with green beans and tomatoes in 15 minutes.

Time25 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £2.05 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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4cod filletsabout 150g each, skinless
1low fat cooking spraya few sprays
2lemonszest of 2, one squeezed and one cut into wedges
2 tspground black pepper
1 tspgarlic granules
1 tspdried parsley
½ tspsalt
300 ggreen beanstrimmed
250 gcherry tomatoes

Method

1
Pat the cod dry. Mix the lemon zest with the pepper, garlic granules, parsley and salt.
2
Spray the fillets lightly with cooking spray and press the lemon pepper mix onto the top of each.
3
Heat the air fryer to 190C. Spray the green beans and tomatoes, season with a pinch of salt and cook for 4 minutes.
4 min
4
Lay the cod on top of or beside the vegetables. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until the fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
9 min
5
Squeeze over the lemon juice and serve with the extra lemon wedges.

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