If you have 20 minutes, a baking sheet and a handful of fresh ingredients, this restaurant-quality Baked Pollock Recipe can be on your table any night of the week. With this foolproof flavor combination and cooking method, everyone will be asking for your seafood secrets!
As a full-time seafood recipe developer, I've cooked more than a thousand white fish recipes in my tiny kitchen. And this one never lets me down. Simple to prepare and flexible enough to allow for different fish (cod or haddock are great options, too!) or flavor combos (use fresh basil or chives instead of dill!), you'll go back to this easy recipe over and over again.
And adding a fresh veggie to the pan gives you a sheet-pan dinner, making it a no-brainer for weeknight cooking. This garlic herb baked fish recipe is on my regular rotation of white fish dinners along with Broiled Pollock with Parmesan Cheese and Crispy Crusted Cod.
Ingredients for recipe:
Before we get into the step by step instructions, a few notes about the ingredients:
Fish: the recipe calls for pollock but you can use cod, haddock, tilapia or your favorite white fish. Just monitor cook time if the fillets are thicker than about ¾ inch as they may need more time to bake.
Garlic: fresh cloves are best, substitute thinly sliced shallots, if needed.
Fresh herbs: fresh dill is a slam-dunk choice for this dish. Substitute basil, chives or flat-leaf parsley.
Asparagus: make it a one-pan dinner by adding fresh asparagus spears or green beans to your baking sheet.
Full ingredient list and measurements included in the printable recipe card below.
How to Make Pollock Fish:
1. Prep fish
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange wild Alaska pollock on a baking pan covered with foil. Add trimmed asparagus (or fresh green beans) around the fish.
2. Make Garlic Herb Butter Sauce
Melt butter and sliced garlic in microwave. Then add Dijon, lemon juice, salt, pepper and fresh dill and stir.
Pour butter herb sauce over the fish and vegetables. Add lemon slices around the pan.
3. Bake and Serve
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until fish is cooked through and flaky (about 140). Serve with additional fresh dill, for garnish.
Does pollock taste fishy?
Alaskan pollock is a mild, flaky white fish. It's a great option for kids (it's the fish often used in frozen fish sticks!) or anyone who's not sure they like fish. The flavorful sauce on this easy baked pollock recipe makes it a winner for the whole family.
Side dishes for baked pollock:
Duchess Potato Casserole would be an ideal side to soak up all that delicious garlic Dijon sauce, along with the roasted asparagus or green beans from the baking dish. If you're looking for a fresh side, try Gazpacho Salad.
How to store and reheat pollock fish?
To store, transfer your perfect pollock portions to an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days. To reheat, warm gently in a skillet with a tablespoon of stock or water until just heated through.
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Garlic Herb Baked Pollock Recipe
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
1 ½ pounds pollock fillets
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon fresh dill (plus more for serving)
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 large garlic cloves, sliced
½ teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste (I like this brand)
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 lemon, sliced
1 bunch asparagus, optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Dry fish fillets well with paper towels. Arrange on a foil-covered baking pan. Add cleaned, trimmed asparagus (or substitute fresh green beans) around the fish.
In a microwave safe measuring cup, add butter and garlic. Heat on high for 45 seconds, until the butter is fully melted. To the garlic butter add Dijon, lemon juice, salt, pepper and fresh dill. Stir well to combine. Pour butter herb sauce over the fish and vegetables. Add lemon slices around the pan.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until fish is cooked through and flaky (about 140). Serve with additional fresh dill, for garnish.
Notes
Substitute your favorite white fish for pollock in this recipe. Cod, haddock and tilapia are all good options.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 12
- Category: Easy Recipes
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼
- Calories: 379
- Sugar: 2.3 g
- Sodium: 381.6 mg
- Fat: 13.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 27.5 g
- Protein: 37.9 g
- Cholesterol: 151.2 mg
Mallory
So easy to prepare and we absolutely loved it. Want to try it with basil, but the dill was so good not sure I can switch it out next time! Used haddock and the bake time was perfect.
Christina Jolam
Love to hear this, Mallory! Haddock and pollock are great to use interchangeably. So glad to hear you loved it. Thanks so much for coming back to leave a helpful review.
Amanda malpas
I loved this recipe so much I cooked it 3 times in a week, twice for dinner and once for lunch. After the first one I chose not to add the salt, as I was using salted butter and that was sufficient
Christina Jolam
Love hearing this, Amanda! Three times in a week makes you a verified frequent flyer 😉 Thanks so much for coming back to leave a helpful review!
Tony Longo
Little salty but made great use of pollack
Christina Jolam
Thanks for the feedback, Tony! Glad you enjoyed the pollock. Feel free to adjust salt to taste on all recipes! Appreciate you coming back to leave a helpful review.
Robyn
Way too salty that’s the only taste that infiltrated the whole dish!
Christina Jolam
So sorry you found the dish too salty, Robyn! Did you use kosher salt like Morton's or Diamond Crystal, or regular table salt? Table salt is about twice as "salty" as kosher salt, which has larger grains. Either way, I do appreciate your feedback.
Laurie
I made the recipe as written and found it to be perfectly seasoned and perfectly baked. I did use kosher salt.
Christina Jolam
Love to hear this, Laurie. It's still one of my all-time faves - and now I make it with almost any white fish! Thanks so much for taking the time to come back and leave a helpful review. Appreciate you!
isa
Wow! That was so good. Literally just finished eating it. Thanks so much for that recipe!
Christina Jolam
Love hearing this! So glad you enjoyed the baked pollock. Such an easy win, right? Appreciate you coming back to leave a helpful review.
Brad
Great recipe. The whole family enjoyed it and this might be the best fish recipe I have tried to date. Thank you!
Christina Jolam
Love hearing this, Brad! This one never disappoints. So happy to hear your family loved it. Appreciate you coming back to leave a helpful review!
Amanda
Pollock was the catch of the day in our fish share yesterday. I found this recipe during an online search and it did not disappoint! I used Kerrygold salted butter and we didn't find the dish too salty at all. Served it with some steamed broccoli. I'm going to save this for future dinners (with pollock or other white fish). Thank you!
Christina Jolam
Great to hear, Amanda! Kerrygold never disappoints, does it? 😉 I make this recipe with pollock, cod, halibut, haddock - pretty much anything I have in my freezer or that's on sale. It's reliably delicious! Thanks so much for coming back to leave a helpful review!