Baked Cod With Buttery Cracker Topping

Ingredients
  

  • 1-½ cups butter-flavored crackers
  • 5 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
  • ¼ cup fresh chives, minced
  • ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, minced
  • ½ lemon, zest and juice, plus more lemon wedges for serving
  • 1 tsp. onion powder
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder
  • 4 8-ounce fillets of cod, haddock, halibut or other white fish 
  • Coarse kosher salt and black pepper, to taste  
  • Sweet paprika, for serving

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the oven to 425°F.
  • Place the crackers in a medium bowl and, using your hands, crush them until they are finely crushed; some coarser bits are fine.
  • Add 4 tablespoons of the melted butter, the chives, parsley, lemon zest and onion and garlic powders; stir to evenly combine and moisten all the crumbs. 
  • Put the fish fillets in a large, ovenproof skillet.
  • Drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon butter over the fish and turn to coat.
  • Season the fish, on all sides, with salt and pepper.
  • Mound the cracker mixture on top of the fish, covering it; some cracker crumbs will fall off the fish.
  • Place in the pre-heated oven and roast for 10 to 16 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillets.
  • Plan for about 10 minutes per inch; the fish should flake easily and the juices should be bubbly around the edges.
  • Remove from the oven and squeeze the lemon juice over the top.
  • Sprinkle with paprika; serve with extra lemon wedges on the side.
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