Baked Cod Puttanesca | Seafood with an Italian Spicy Tomato Sauce
Baked cod puttanesca is an quick and easy seafood dish that uses prepared sauce and makes it spicy by boosting it with kalamata olives, capers, and red pepper flakes. Full of flavor but low in calories.
Servings: 4
Calories: 105kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cod fillets (about 1 ½ inches thick 6 ounces each.
- 1 Tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil + a little more basting the cod
- 3 anchovy fillets
- 3 cups prepared homemade marinara sauce or your favorite jarred marinara sauce
- ½ cup pitted kalamata olives halved
- 2 Tablespoons capers rinsed in cold water
- ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes or more if you like it spicier
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- Optional: 4 1-inch-thick slices ciabatta bread brushed with olive oil and baked in oven until golden brown 10 minutes.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 Tablespoon olive oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the anchovies and cook, stirring often, until the anchovies break down, about 2 minutes. Add the pepper flakes and continue to stir.
- Pour in the prepared marinara sauce and heat to a simmer. Add the olives and capers and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Prepare the cod by using paper towels to blot the excess moisture from the fillets. Brush the fillets on both sides with olive oil. Season the fish with salt and pepper.
- Pour the sauce in a glass oven proof casserole and place the fish on top of the sauce. Spoon a little bit of sauce over the fish.
- Transfer the casserole to the oven and bake until the fish is just cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. ** see notes.
- Serve with pasta, farro, or bread topped with the fish and puttanesca sauce.
Notes
** Depending on the thickness of your fillets, it may take a little longer for the fillets to cook. The flesh should be white and flakey.
Inspired by: Cod puttanesca in Food Network Magazine March 2017
Nutrition
Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 1340mg | Potassium: 619mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 880IU | Vitamin C: 12.9mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2.1mg