Garlic-Margarita Whitefish

This Garlic-Margarita Whitefish recipe brings amazing Mexican-Inspired flavor—garlic, parsley, thyme, lime, paprika, and tequila. While some people might find whitefish bland or boring, it’s an incredible base for many delicious flavors. The tequila lends a wonderful flavor to this dish. Feel free to use whatever whitefish is on sale—cod, haddock, pollack, whiting, halibut, sole or flounder. Keep in mind, you’ll need to adjust your cooking time if you are using a thinner or thicker fillet.

Featured Ingredients

Although whitefish may not get as much attention as fatty, omega-3-rich fish species, including it in your diet offers plenty of health benefits, including lower risk of stroke and metabolic syndrome, plus lower waist circumference, triglyceride levels, LDL (bad) cholesterol, and blood pressure, in addition to higher HDL (good) cholesterol.  All that and whitefish is also a great source of highly-digestible gut-friendly complete protein!

Garlic is the top food source of thiosulfinates, which are sulfur-containing compounds responsible for diverse health benefits including powerful anticancer properties as well as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-thrombotic effects.

Parsley is not just for decoration! It’s a super nutrient-dense food and a top food source of vitamin K, providing 205% DV per ¼ cup serving. Vitamin K is essential for blood clotting, bone metabolism, cellular function and more.

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Garlic-Margarita Whitefish

Nutrivore Score: 601

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 22 minutes minutes

Total Time 32 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Calories 246kcal

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Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 clove garlic crushed
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh thyme chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 teaspoon tequilla
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika
• 6 oz cod or preferred whitefish

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In a small saucepan on low heat, melt butter. Add garlic and stir occasionally until garlic is cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Add tequila, thyme, and lime zest.  Cook until alcohol has burned off, about 2 minutes. Add parsley and remove from heat.
• Lightly coat one side of the filet and place herb side down on a baking sheet lined with foil. Use remaining herb butter to more heavily coat the top side.  Dust with paprika.
• Bake approximately 15 minutes, until fish is opaque throughout and segments flake apart easily.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Garlic-Margarita Whitefish

Amount per Serving

Calories

246

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

13

g

20

%

Saturated Fat

 

7

g

44

%

Trans Fat

 

0.5

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

3

g

Cholesterol

 

103

mg

34

%

Sodium

 

183

mg

8

%

Potassium

 

728

mg

21

%

Carbohydrates

 

1

g

0

%

Fiber

 

0.2

g

1

%

Sugar

 

0.1

g

0

%

Protein

 

31

g

62

%

Vitamin A

 

574

IU

11

%

Vitamin C

 

4

mg

5

%

Calcium

 

39

mg

4

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.