Lemon Butter Cod

This lemon butter cod is an easy-going, simple to put together, lusciously buttery and lemony fried cod dish.

Prep Time3

Cook Time7

Total Time10

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: lemon butter cod

Servings: people

Dab the cod pieces with paper towel to get rid of moisture and season with salt and pepper.
Preheat a frying pan and melt 2 tbsp of butter in it. Fry the cod in butter on medium heat for approximately 2 minutes on each side. Then remove from the pan and keep warm.
To the same pan add the remaining butter and let it melt and watch it turn slightly brown, then add the juice of half a lemon and slices of the other half, cook for a few seconds, then return the fish back to the pan. Spoon the sauce all over the fish and take off the heat. Serve sprinkled with fresh parsley.

This fried cod recipe takes just 10 minutes from start to finish. Have all your ingredients and utensils at your fingertips.

Fish fillets fry fast. My slim sides took 4 minutes in total to cook through. A thicker piece of fish will need a tiny bit longer.

If you do have a chunkier portion, you can cook it in the oven. But that method is best avoided for thin fillets as they will dry out.

The lemon butter sauce is just two ingredients so there’s little room for error. Use fresh lemon juice and don’t burn the butter.

You will need a decent non-stick pan so you can flip your fish with ease. Cod is a delicate fish that comes apart easily. But you want that to happen on the plate, not in the pan.