Miso Glazed Cod with Sauteed Spinach and Onions

In this Miso Glazed Cod Recipe, buttery soft cod is pan sauteed in a spicy sweet miso glaze and served with soy and ginger spinach and onions. This is a nutritious and tasty one-pan dish that you can easily make at home with just a handful of ingredients.

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Cod is often the fish I turn to on busy weeknights. Cod is so easy to cook and very hard to overcook ~ unless I forget about it and its charred beyond recognition. This dense, flaky, firm fish holds up beautifully in all sorts of stews and curries.

There have been many a night when I’ve started a tomato curry base, thrown some cod into it, and let it cook while my daughter made some roti.

No matter how long that cod simmers in that spicy tomato coconut curry base, it is firm and flaky when we dig into it.

Cod is so versatile…

Cod has a distinct mild flavor that pairs so well with all sorts of seasonings.

Blacken it and tuck it into beet tortillas for taco night.

Bake it smothered with spices and serve it up with some turmeric potatoes and broccoli salad for a tasty weekend meal.

Or simply pan-roast it with a smidge of lemon and enjoy it with this Melon Salad for a quick, light weeknight dinner.

On a recent trip to Sprouts, I noticed that the cod in the Fish Market section was on sale.

I’ve talked before about my love for shopping at Sprouts. But I haven’t talked much about their selection of fish.

Sprouts offers 100% sustainably sourced seafood in their Fish Market.

Currently, our home is a bit of a mess as I am almost at the end of renovating our second bathroom.

Home reno shenanigans…

I placed the cod in the fridge to cook that night, made a cup of tea, and began Googling how to get the shower faucet and controls on – by the way, if you are curious as to my bathroom shenanigans, you can catch them under my DIY stories on Instagram.

While Googling DIY solutions, I happened on a David Leibovitz’s post on strawberry and miso ice cream. I’m not sure how they happened to be related but the title piqued my curiosity and before I knew it, I was eyeball deep in miso and macerated strawberries.

Now, you might be wondering how a post about cod diverted into DIY-ing and then miso and strawberry ice cream… but there is method to my madness.

Well, reading about the ice cream reminded me that I had some white miso in my fridge. I usually have miso on hand for when I make a batch of these sweet potatoes and salmon.

But then I got to thinking about dinner and that cod… and well… the idea for this Miso Glazed Cod came into fruition.

So, I abandoned any thoughts of finishing the bathroom that night and decided to tackle dinner.

Ingredients to make this miso glazed cod:

As a result, I figured I would make a super easy glaze with miso and 4 other ingredients.

Much like the miso glaze I used on the sweet potatoes; this one is also made by combining white miso with soy sauce (or Tamari) and freshly grated ginger. But, instead of adding in vinegar, agave, water, and sriracha, I kept things simple and used honey and chili flakes.

I chose to serve this miso glazed cod fillets with some sauteed spinach and onions – for a quick, tasty, and nutritious weeknight dinner.

If you love fish or are abstaining from meat during Lent, then please do check out the variety of fish available at Sprouts.

And, during select weekends in February and March, Sprouts will be hosting in-store Seafood Showcase events where you can find sustainable specialty and seasonal selections.

Miso Glazed Cod with Sauteed Spinach and Onions

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Author: Shashi

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In this Miso Glazed Recipe, buttery soft cod is pan sauteed in a spicy sweet miso glaze and served with soy and ginger spinach and onions. This is a nutritious and tasty one-pan dish that you can easily make at home with just a handful of ingredients.

Ingredients

For the Sauteed Spinach and Onions

• 2 tbs Oil
• 1 red onion
• ½ tsp fresh grated ginger
• 2 cups frozen spinach
• 2 tsp soy sauce or Tamari
• 1 tsp white sesame and 1 tsp black sesame
• Chili flakes to garnish

For the Miso Glazed Cod

• 1 lb. cod
• 2 tbsp Oil to coat bottom of the pan
• 2 tbsp white miso
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce or Tamari
• 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
• 1 tbsp chili flakes

Instructions

• First, peel and chop up the onion (I chopped it so there were long thin pieces)
• Peel and grate a knob of ginger using a Microplane grater so you have ½ a tsp (for the
  spinach) and 1 tsp (for the cod) of freshly grated ginger.
• Add oil to cover the bottom of a pan and place over medium heat.
• Add the onion to it and saute for 5 minutes.
• Then add in the ginger and saute for another 5 minutes.
• Add in the frozen spinach and saute until it is heated through (about 5 more minutes or so).
• Then add in the soy sauce and sesame seeds and toss until all ingredients are mixed well.
• Remove from the pan and place in a bowl. Cover and set aside until cod is cooked.
• Let’s make the miso glaze by mixing the white miso together with the honey, soy sauce, and ginger together very well.
• Then add in the chili flakes and mix well.
• Rinse and pat dry the cod and cut it into individual serving pieces.
• Then brush one side of the pieces of cod with the miso glaze.
• In the same pan that was used for the spinach, add in about 1 tbsp of oil and very
  carefully, swirl it around the bottom of the pan.
• Add in the cod, with the miso-glazed side down, and let saute about 4-5 minutes so the miso glaze caramelizes and the cod is cooked.
• Brush the other side of the cod with the miso glaze and flip cod to cook on the other
  side as well. Let cook another 3-4 minutes or until cod flakes easily when prodded with a fork.
• Serve cod warm with spinach and onions.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 1367mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 11g

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