Baked cod with tomato, lemon and fresh basil

Name: Baked cod with tomato, lemon and fresh basil
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 cod fillets, about 150 g each, skinless; 400g cherry tomatoes, halved; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 20g fresh basil, torn; 2 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 tsp black pepper; 300g long grain rice; 200g tenderstem broccoli

Flaky cod baked on sweet tomatoes with lemon and plenty of basil, ready in 30 minutes.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £2.63 a head
Oven200°C (180°C fan)

4 servings

Ingredients

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4cod filletsabout 150 g each, skinless
400 gcherry tomatoeshalved
3garlic clovessliced
1lemonzest and juice
20 gfresh basiltorn
2 tbsprapeseed oil
1 tspblack pepper
300 glong grain rice
200 gtenderstem broccoli

Method

1
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Put the tomatoes, garlic and oil in a baking dish and roast for 10 minutes until they start to burst.
10 min
2
Put the rice on to cook in plenty of boiling water following the packet time, then drain.
3
Nestle the cod into the tomatoes. Scatter over the lemon zest, juice and pepper.
4
Bake for 12 minutes, until the fish turns opaque and flakes easily.
12 min
5
Steam the broccoli for 4 minutes until bright green.
4 min
6
Scatter the basil over the cod and serve with the rice, broccoli and the tomato juices.

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