Fish With Toasted Almonds Recipe (2024)

If you begin the sauté with skin side down, the flesh will expand into a curved surface, so that when it is flipped it will not brown evenly. You want the flesh side to look best for serving, and it will brown evenly if it is the first side cooked.

Here in Washington state cod is always sold skinned, since it is not edible. I think Nigella may mean to place the skinned side, which is least attractive, up to brown the serving side and then serving it skinned side down.

Why not skin side down to crisp it?

Wonderful! Nigella never lets me down. Made with mahi mahi, added lemon zest, fresh thyme and white wine in addition to lemon juice.

With any fish with a skin on, that you are going to pan fry or saute, you need to just lightly score the skin before cooking. This keeps the fish from curling and makes it cook evenly.

You flip halfway, so you finish skin-down

Delicious and easy recipe! Like other reviewers, I covered the pan briefly to assure that cod cooked through. Used tarragon instead of parsley because I had lots in the herb garden.

So happy to have finally found a simple and yet great cod recipe! The cod I bought was skinless but it still turned out delicious! My kids only wish there were more of the lemon sauce, it reminded them of picatta. Next time I will try to deglaze the pan with both white wine and more lemon juice. It's great even without the parsley and almonds!

Sauté almonds in a bit of butter. Use Brill Sole and cook 2 min each side. Add a small dash of dijon mustard to sauce at the end.

Try a dish of household vinegar placed on your stove top. It is wonderful for absorbing odors. Good luck!

Great! I dry toasted the almonds. Then sautéed shallot, parsley and capers in olive oil. Baked the cod in a bath of lemon juice, splash of vermouth and dotted the top with butter. The almonds gave the perfect crunch, the buttery flavor came through and shined with the umami of the capers. Looked beautiful too.

Made this with red snapper filets. Yum!

Fast, easy, delicious--who could ask for more? I used thick cuts of cod, and covered the pan after I flipped the fillets to be sure they were cooked through. This one goes into regular rotation.

Absolutely love this dish. We match it with this cauliflower rice and they are perfect together as the best low carb combination. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019880-cauliflower-rice?smid=ck-recipe-android-share

Did have enough butter lemon sauce leftover. Also one fish was much larger than the other so that wasn’t helpful

I add 1/2 cup of pinot gris to the sauce and then 2 more tablespoons butter. Add dill with the parsley. Serve with grated carrots, creamed spinach, and roasted potatoes. Great recipe!

Perfect weeknight company fare - simple and delicious. Made as per the recipe to rave reviews.

Made tonight with farmer’s market (skinned) cod and it was splendid—quick, light, zippy, and satisfying. I used pine nuts, parsley, and dill for garnish, because it’s what I had. Served with roasted potatoes and a Brussels sprouts slaw. Will enter the regular rotation!

This has been on regular rotation for some time now. After cooking it a few times according to the recipe I added chopped capers and fresh dilI. I use slivered almonds since that is what I usually have. Great, fast recipe.

Fresh caught Oregon cod. Brown buttered the almonds,threw in a half baked potato and didn’t over cook the fish. Living on a sailboat for 20 years in the Canadian waters I know fresh fish and how to cook it but never added almonds before. So fast and tasty.

I substituted haddock for cod and used pecans instead. Better presentation instead of white on white with the almonds. Also roasted zucchini to serve on the side. Yum. There wasn't enough sauce so I added more lemon and whisked in with another tbsp of butter.

I do this with salmon. I used slivered almonds and all but burn them. Tastes great.

Made this exactly as per the directions. Incredibly easy and so delicious! In response to the comments about the fish curling, I press firmly down with a spatula for a few seconds when the curl is about to start and it prevents it from happening. Will definitely make this again!

Kefir Lime instead of lemon was a nice variation on this excellent recipe.

Made this with tilapia, and resisted the temptation to add shallots, garlic, or capers. Fresh parsley is a must! The ease of making this dish, and the simplicity of the lemon, parsley and crunchy almond flavors have earned it a spot in our weeknight rotation.

I did not have almonds so I used chopped pecans instead. Different but also delicious!!

Good. Use all almonds, a little less parsley. Used Teflon pan.

Made exactly as the recipe directed using cod that had been frozen beforehand and it was absolutely delicious! So easy too!