oven baked parmesan crusted fish
We used to buy bags of plain, frozen fish fillets. It wasn’t the best fish, but it was cheap and convenient to have in the freezer. Covered in parmesan, however, and this is a pretty nice fish dish.
The garlic in this dish adds a subtle flavour, but can be left out if you prefer. Use real parmesan, not the stuff in the jar, the taste is light years better and a little goes a long way so is worth the extra expense. The other thing that makes the fish is real butter, melted and drizzled over the fish rather than oil, but if you’re diet conscious then spray oil will work just as well, it just won’t be quite the same tasty awesomeness 
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Ingredients
4 fish fillets
1/2 cup milk
1 –2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1/2 cup of dried breadcrumbs
1/4 cup of freshly grated parmesan
2 Tbsp freshly chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
oil or melted butter
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F) and grease an oven tray with oil or butter.
- Mix the milk and garlic in a bowl and soak the fish fillets for 10 minutes or so, turning to coat. Drain, leaving some of the garlic on if you like for extra taste.
- Coat the fish fillets in combined mixture of breadcrumbs, parmesan, parsley and salt and pepper, pressing the coating onto the fish.
- Place the fish on the baking tray and spray with oil or drizzle with oil or butter. Cook in a hot oven for 20 minutes or until golden. You may need less cooking time depending on the thickness of the fillets, over cook them and the fish will dry out.
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Hello Melissa,
Do you use the Aldi Skinless Hoki from their freezer section for this recipe? I was given some lovely thick cutlets of Murray Cod and may use your recipe to oven bake these. They are presently in the freezer, as my hubby and I are the only ones who will eat fish here now. My fussy girls!! They are TOO well fed. It gets frustrating when you see fabulous recipes all the time, and have to be restricted because the fussy eaters will refuse it! (and I DO NOT like food waste)
I think I’m the only frugal person who has never shopping Aldi – the closest store is 30 mins away, so I don’t think it’s worth it for me, but I think what I have bought is similar – skinless something. Murray Cod sounds lovely, fresh caught? Despite moving to coastal QLD, there’s not much fish to catch and not very good fish shops and it’s expensive.
My husband is a fussy eater, but I give him things he doesn’t like anyway, sometimes he is surprised that he actually likes stuff.
I used to travel 50 minutes to Aldi before they finally opened in our town!!
I never bought frozen items (like fish) as I was always concerned they would thaw out (especially fish). Yes, a fisherman friend of my husband gave us some fresh caught murray cod. He has filleted it and cut into cutlets too! I’m sure it will be lovely. We should get two meals from it anyway since the fussy girls won’t participate!
I’m glad your husband will try new things and actually likes them!