How to Cook Rockfish Recipe

How to Cook Rockfish

This recipe makes a single serving, however it’s easily scalable simply by multiplying the required ingredients by the total servings you’d like to make.

Ingredients for Rockfish

Kitchen Tools Needed for Rockfish

Oven-baked Rockfish recipe Cooking Instructions

1. Prep:

   With a pair of tweezers feel for pin bones in the fish. Depending on how clean the fish fillet is you may have to take off skin.

   

   Rockfish fillets can vary in size and thickness.

2. Preheat Oven:

   Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).

3. (Skip If NOT using parchment paper) Prepare Sheet Pan:

   Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper to make cleanup easier.

4. Place the Fillet:

   Place the Rockfish fillet on the lined sheet pan.

5. Add Olive Oil:

   Drizzle 1 to 1½ tsp of olive oil over the top of the fillet and gently rub it in with a brush or clean fingers to coat evenly or allow it to sit and soak in the flavor.

   

   Allow Rockfish to marinade in a deep pan or bowl.

6. Season Lightly:

   • Sprinkle 1⁄8 tsp salt and 1⁄8 tsp black pepper (or less) evenly over the top.

   • Avoid over-seasoning – it should enhance, not mask, the natural flavor.

7. Add Lemon and Parsley:

   • Squeeze 1 tablespoon of lemon juice over the top.

   • Lay 2–3 lemon slices directly on top of the fish.

   • Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped parsley over the top.

8. Bake:

   Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until flakes, depending on fillet thickness. Rockfish is done when it flakes easily with a fork and is opaque in the center (internal temp: ~140-150°F).

   

   The baked Rockfish.

9. Serve:

   Remove from oven and rest for 2 minutes. Optionally garnish with extra parsley and a fresh lemon wedge, some yam fries, or dirty rice recipe.

   

   Serve and enjoy this rockfish recipe.

What are the different types of Rockfish?

Rockfish, also known as Pacific Snapper is ever-increasing in popularity, rockfish is affordable and incredibly versatile with its sweet, mild flavor and flaky texture. Sustainably harvested from waters off the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, many varieties of rockfish are recognized by Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch as being a green Best Choice for sustainability and many species are also MSC certified. Rockfish is a medium-firm fish that is great baked, sautéed, broiled, or poached. You can spice it up for fish tacos and ceviche, or simmer it slowly as an addition to soups and stews. Marketed widely as Pacific snapper or “Rock Cod,” rockfish are an important year-round source of bottom fish on the West Coast, and a seafood staple for supermarkets and restaurants from coast to coast.

• Canary

• Yellowtail

• Chilipepper

• Widow

Other types of fish similar to rockfish include ling cod.