today we are making another incredible
seafood dish that is absolutely
delicious pan grilled paprika cod with
olives & garlic now for those of you
that know me you know that I am a sucker
for seafood and this pan grilled paprika
cod well it is no exception it has such an
amazing flavor to it very easy to make
very healthy and done in under 30
minutes the perfect dish for one of
those busy weeknights or even better
for a relaxed weekend lunch really quick
before we get started a couple recommendations for
this recipe the first one we're using a
cooking technique that's called here in
Spain a la plancha roughly translates to
pan grill basically you're cooking on
a hot surface with no oil so it's very
important to use a good quality nonstick
frying pan here otherwise the fish is
gonna stick on there it's gonna be a huge
mess for the second thing for the fish
I'm using some frozen cod that I
fully thawed out just to make things a
lot cheaper but if you prefer you can
use fresh cod in this recipe and for
last thing you're gonna need some sweet
smoked Spanish paprika this is a pivotal
ingredient in this recipe why because
this combined with the cod the olives and
the garlic
it's just what gives this dish that
beautiful magical flavor as always I'm
using Kiva's sweet smoked Spanish
paprika you guys know I can't recommend
this one enough it is an amazing paprika
link below where you guys can get this
alright folks let's get started
we're gonna begin by grabbing 3 cloves of
garlic and thinly slicing them
once you have all your garlic thinly sliced
add them into a bowl
next up I'm gonna grab some black pitted Spanish olives
grab about 10 of them and slice each one in half
and add the sliced olives into the bowl
with the garlic's
next up I'm gonna grab 1 lemon
and roll it on a cutting board
this is gonna help release all the juices
inside of the lemon
and squeeze in a generous teaspoon of the lemon juice
into the bowl
pour in a generous tablespoon of
extra virgin olive oil
then grab a handful of fresh parsley
finely chop it
and add about a tbsp of the finely chopped parsley
into the bowl
lightly season with sea salt and some freshly cracked black pepper and gently mix this all together
until it's well combined
alright let's move on to the star of the show
I've got a fillet of cod here this is 390 grams
which is about 14 ounces again I bought
this frozen and completely thawed it out
I'm gonna pat it down with some paper towels
this is a very important step
when you´re using frozen fish that you've thawed out
you want to remove any of that extra
liquid inside of the fish
then I'm gonna cut the cod in half
to end up with 2 seven ounce fillets
I'm gonna pour in a little extra virgin olive oil
on top of each fillet
season them with sea salt freshly cracked black pepper
and a generous portion
of some sweet smoked Spanish paprika
okay let's start cooking our dish
grab a nonstick frying pan
again guys very important to use a good quality
nonstick frying pan
and let's heat it with a medium-high heat
after heating our pan for about three minutes
I´m gonna add the cod fillets into the pan
skin side up
about 3 minutes after adding the cod fillets into the pan
the thickness of these are about half an inch
let's go ahead and flip them and again we're gonna cook
this for an additional 3 minutes on the skin side
after cooking our cod for a total of six minutes
that's three minutes per side
let's go ahead and remove it from the heat
and transfer the fillets into a dish
now using the same pan with the same heat
I'm gonn add our garlic and olive mixture into the pan
and start mixing it around making sure
to scrape up anything that was left over
from that cod and you want to stir this constantly
that way that garlic doesn't burn
about a minute and a half after
adding this mixture to the pan you don't
want to cook this any longer you don't
want that garlic to burn let's go ahead
and remove it and evenly divide the
garlic and the olives on top of the cod fillets
and for the final touch let's sprinkle it
with some freshly chopped parsley
okay guys our dish is done this
looks so beautiful so easy to make
and it smells amazing in here
let's get in there and try this
let me tell you this cod looks
perfectly cooked here we go
explosion of flavors
I'm telling you those olives the garlic the paprika
the cod such simple flavors but they just
I'm telling you it's an explosion
of flavors you guys saw this so easy to
make very healthy super delicious
done in under 30 minutes before I go I'd like
to give out a quick shout to one my patreons
Michael and Kelly Thompson
again thank you so much for all your guys support
I truly appreciate you
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