This Easy Baked White Fish Recipe is a light and healthy Middle Eastern seafood recipe. Soft, flaky white fish is baked and topped with a lemon tahini sauce, pine nuts and parsley. This is the perfect healthy and easy dinner!
Today is our 8th day in Europe and we are spending the day touring Florence.
My sister was lucky enough to study abroad in Florence during college and I have heard nothing but good things about it–I am excited to see it for myself!
I can’t wait to share all of our adventures with you when we return to the states.
While I am out of the country I asked my friend Liz from The Lemon Bowl to share this delicious Easy Baked White Fish Recipe with you.
This white fish with tahini is such a nice, light seafood recipe. It is great for a quick weeknight meal or an elegant dinner.
The tahini, lemon sauce along with the crunchy pine nuts work so well in this recipe.
If you like seafood recipes you can check out my other recipes here. You also might like this Air Fryer Cod Recipe, Mediterranean Baked Salmon, Baked Cod with Lemon or this Easy Blackened Cod.
Recipe Ingredients You’ll Need
- Fish: This recipe uses white fish. I prefer cod or tilapia. It works best with a light, flaky white fish.
- Tahini: The tahini adds an earthy, nutty flavor to the fish and is a great pairing with the pine nuts.
- Lemon: Lemon juice is used to slightly sweeten the tahini sauce that is a great pairing with the fish.
- Garlic: Try to use fresh garlic if you have it on hand. Otherwise garlic powder works.
- Pine Nuts: Pine nuts are added to the finished dish and add crunch. You can skip them if you don’t want them.
Please see the recipe card below for exact ingredient amounts and instructions.
How to Make Easy Baked White Fish
Step 1: Prepare Fish: Place fish filets in a large baking dish sprayed with cooking spray and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 2: Bake: Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
Step 3: Create Sauce: While fish is baking, whisk together tahini, lemon juice, warm water, grated garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl; set aside. In a small pan, melt clarified butter over medium heat and add pine nuts.
Step 4: Toast Pine Nuts: Toast pine nuts until evenly browned by stirring frequently for 4-5 minutes; set aside.
Step 5: Drizzle Tahini Sauce: When fish is cooked, place on a platter and drizzle the tahini sauce evenly over each filet. Top with toasted pine nuts and fresh chopped parsley. Serve immediately.
Recipe FAQ
You can prepare this ahead of time. You can prep the tahini sauce and toast the pine nuts in advance. The fish is best cooked just before serving for the freshest texture and flavor.
Yes you can. You need to make sure to fully thaw the fish and pat it dry before you cook it.
Toasted pine nuts are a great addition to this dish. If you want to toast them you will want to add them to a dry skillet and heat them over medium heat. Make sure to stir frequently for about 3-4 minutes.
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Easy Baked White Fish Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 white fish filets, cod and tilapia work well
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 2 garlic cloves – grated
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 1 tablespoon clarified butter, or olive oil
- chopped parsley
Instructions
- Place fish filets in a large baking dish sprayed with cooking spray and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- While fish is baking, whisk together tahini, lemon juice, warm water, grated garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl; set aside.
In a small pan, melt clarified butter over medium heat and add pine nuts. - Toast nuts until evenly browned by stirring frequently for 4-5 minutes; set aside.
- When fish is cooked, place on a platter and drizzle the tahini sauce evenly over each filet.
- Top with toasted pine nuts and fresh chopped parsley. Serve immediately.
thank you for sharing this recipe. what would be a good sub for pine nuts?
You can skip it all together otherwise maybe walnuts or silvered almonds.
I went looking for a fish with tahini sauce recipe, and I’m so glad I found this one! It is delicious! My family loved it.
Glad you liked it Jeanne! It is a good one.