Lemon garlic baked cod is a light, practical seafood dinner with flaky fish, bright citrus, garlic, herbs, and a buttery pan sauce.
The recipe is simple enough for a weeknight and visual enough to become an easy step-by-step food video.
What You’ll Need Before You Start
- Baking dish or rimmed sheet pan
- Small mixing bowl
- Knife and cutting board
- Pastry brush or spoon
- Measuring spoons
ShiMuv Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cod fillets, about 5–6 ounces each
- 3 tablespoons melted butter or olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lemon, sliced and juiced
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
How to Make It
- Heat the oven to 400°F and lightly grease the baking dish.
- Pat the cod dry and arrange the fillets in a single layer.
- Mix melted butter, garlic, lemon juice, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Spoon the garlic-lemon mixture over the fish and add lemon slices.
- Bake about 10–15 minutes, depending on thickness, until the fish is opaque, flakes easily, and is cooked through. Finish with parsley.
Recipe tip: Cod fillets vary in thickness, so begin checking the thinner pieces first instead of relying only on the clock.
From Recipe to Content
Turn the Recipe Into a Simple Food Story
- Open on the finished flaky cod.
- Show garlic and lemon being mixed into the butter.
- Capture the sauce being spooned over the fillets.
- Show the cod fresh from the oven.
- Finish with parsley and a fork revealing the flaky center.
TRY THIS IN SHIMUV
Create this recipe as a short food video
Open the editable prompt and finished example image in ShiMuv, then review or customize everything before generation.
Create a clean short food video for lemon garlic baked cod. Open on the finished flaky cod. Show garlic, butter, and lemon being mixed, the sauce being spooned over the fish, lemon slices added before baking, and the finished fillets coming from the oven. End with parsley and a fork revealing the flaky center.Opens with this prompt and finished example image ready to review. Nothing generates or spends credits until you confirm.
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