Favorite recipes for basic store bought fish...

It’s essentially tuna puttanesca without the Kalamata olives. I bet that’s good.
Very good and was dirt cheap too...
I ate a ton of this in my 20;s
Once a week for years, add a green salad and a glass of cheap red wine if you want to class it up
The fancy version uses the anchovies with capers
 
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So…cod is usually an available fish year round (usually from Iceland)… would cook one of two ways…steamed, or “en papillote”…

Steamed…i have a proper fish steamer, or you could use a bamboo steamer or improvise with a large pot, put a bowl upside down in the bottom, add a couple inches of water, then place a heat proof plate on top for the fish. Season with salt and pepper, top with julienned garlic & ginger. Cover and steam approximately 10 mins per inch of thickness (check with a thin paring knife or cake tester)…remove fish to a platter, top with thinly sliced green onion & chopped cilantro…meanwhile, heat a couple tablespoons of peanut or avocado oil till smoking hot, and pour over fish wilting greens, then drizzle with soy sauce…serve with rice & baby bok choy.

En Papillote…place a square of aluminum foil on a sheet pan, then place a square of parchment paper on top of the foil. Slice a lemon into thin rounds and place one slice per piece of fish on the parchment; Season fish with salt & pepper and place on slice of lemon. Add thinly sliced veggies, like red or orange bell pepper, red onion or shallot, capers, olives, minced garlic, a splash of white wine, and a pat of butter. Cover with a square of parchment paper, then again with a square of aluminum foil and seal the edges of the foil…place in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F and bake about 15-20 minutes (130 degrees internal temp or cake tester)…serve with couscous
 
Fresh rock cod fillets:
Hot pan
bowl w/whipped egg w/light salt and Mrs. Dash
dunk fillets in egg and then lay flat on plate
sprinkle a fine coat of Progresso Italian style bread crumbs on both sides of fillets
cook until both sides are golden brown and still tender in the middle
yummy
 
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Lots of good stuff shared so far, thank you all!

I do like that nobody mentioned farm raised steelhead or salmon (even though, as I said, the floor was open to anything). That said, I suppose I don't have as strong of feelings about farmed freshwater fish as much as I do about net-pen farmed salmon. Mostly just a "stocker trout taste boring" kind of opinion.
 
Once in a while I buy (previously frozen) Pacific true cod at the market. Some Old Bay seasoning, as mentioned above, and a hot cast iron pan, 2 minutes on each side, and blackened fish. Easy and tasty. Oh, do this on a camp stove or something out on the porch or deck, cuz it can stink up the kitchen for a day or two, not to mention it sets off the smoke detector.
 
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