Cod With Brussels Sprouts and Mashed Potato Recipe

Cod with Brussels Sprouts is our meal tonight. A great low-cost fish to eat for getting some of those oh-so-healthy Omega-3’s. Combine that with pretzels and you’ve got a winner winner…. fish dinner.

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The original plan was to just buy fish-only and do this recipe, but, when I saw the frozen pretzel crusted cod at Sam’s Club and the price difference, it was kind of a no-brainer to use that instead.

It’s a good meal!

This recipe’s been tested for quality and it feeds 2 for a great dinner. Plus, it doesn’t take more than about half an hour to make it. If you need to make dinner in a pinch and have these ingredients on-hand, it’s an awesome weekday option. You can substitute the cod in this with most other kinds of fish or even other frozen types of cod.

What You Will Need To Make Cod with Brussels Sprouts and Mashed Potato

What It Is	Name	Where To Find
Cookware	Kitchen Scale	Amazon
Cookware	Saucepan	Amazon
Cookware	Cast Iron Skillet	Amazon
Cookware	Two measuring cups	Amazon
Cookware	Mixing Spoon	Amazon
Cookware	Mixing Bowl	Amazon
Cookware	Cutting board	Amazon
Cookware	Baking Sheet	Amazon
Cookware	Kitchen Knife	Amazon
Cookware	Measuring Cups & Spoons (other kind)	Amazon
Cookware	Large Strainer	Amazon
Cookware	Meat thermometer	Amazon
Paper	Parchment Paper for baking	Amazon
Ingredient	Honey Mustard Pretzel Crusted Cod – 2 filets	Sam’s Club
Ingredient	Olive Oil – 1.5 tbsp	Amazon
Ingredient	Salt – 1 tsp + a few dashes	Amazon
Ingredient	1 tbsp Unsalted Butter	Amazon
Ingredient	2 percent or skim milk	Store
Ingredient	1/2 pound of Brussel sprouts	Store
Ingredient	1 cup of mashed potato flakes	Amazon
Ingredient	Garlic Powder	Amazon

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The great thing about this recipe is how well it fits for a meal pretty much year round.

Let’s Make It!

Start by getting the bag of Brussels sprouts out.

Then, get your kitchen scale and a small to medium sized bowl to put them in. Set the bowl on the scale.

Add Brussels sprouts to the bowl on your scale until it reads half a pound or about 225 grams.

Grab your cutting board and a kitchen knife.

Start cutting the Brussels sprouts, one at a time on the cutting board. Cut off the stem first, then, cut down the center of it.

You’ll need that large mixing bowl for cod with brussels sprouts

Take your cut up Brussels sprouts (any stray leaves, too) and dump them into the big bowl.

Find a mixing spoon and the 1 tsp measuring spoon.

Grab the salt for your cod with brussels sprouts.

Measure out 1 teaspoon of salt and dump it into the bowl of Brussels sprouts.

Mix that around a little bit with the big spoon.

Get your garlic powder and toss a few sprinkles of that into the Brussels sprouts.

Mix the garlic powder around a few times so it gets distributed well with the salt.

Set the bowl of Brussels sprouts aside.

Pre-heat your oven to 425 F.

Find a medium sauce pan for cooking the potatoes.

Get your milk and two glass measuring cups out.

Measure 1/4 cup of milk and 2/3 cup of water.

Scoop 1 cup of potato flakes out of the potato mix, smooth off any excess mix with a kitchen knife.

Find your stick of unsalted butter.

Cut 1 tablespoon of the butter off of the stick.

Set the mashed potato ingredients aside for the time being.

Take out a medium to large sized baking sheet and parchment baking paper.

Pull the pretzel encrusted cod out of the freezer (if you bought Sam’s Club cod).

Rip off a sheet of parchment paper and cover the baking sheet with it.

Set two filets of the cod on the paper, then, put the baking sheet in the oven for 18 minutes.

Get your cast-iron skillet and the measuring spoons.

Turn one of your stove burners to medium-high heat and set the skillet down to start heating up.

Find the olive oil and measure out 1.5 tablespoons of that into the cast-iron skillet.

Make sure that the olive oil gets moved around really well in the skillet and covers the entire cooking area.

Let that heat up for five minutes or so until it starts to steam.

Once the pan’s hot, grab your bowl of Brussels sprouts and dump them in, scraping any leftover seasoning into the skillet with the mixing spoon.

Keep the same spoon around for the cod with brussels sprouts.

Using the spoon, move the Brussels sprouts around periodically in the skillet while they cook at medium to high heat. You may decide to lower the heat a bit, that’s fine, too. These will take about 10 minutes to cook. Any more than that and they’ll probably be burnt-sels sprouts. Alright I’m done.

While those are cooking, pour the milk, water and throw the tablespoon of butter into the saucepan. Turn the heat to high for that one.

Once the mixture in the saucepan is boiling, remove it from the heat and dump the cup of potato flakes in. Start to mix it around a little bit while balancing the mixing of the Brussels sprouts.

Alternatively, you can just wait a few more minutes for the Brussels sprouts to be done cooking. Or, just grab a second spoon so they aren’t too tainted with potato.

The fish will be done soon, our cod with brussels sprouts and mashed potato is coming together!

About the time that your stove-top parts of the meal are done cooking, the fish will also be coming up at the 18 minutes.

When the timer sounds, push your saucepan and cast iron-skillet to the back of the stove and find an oven mitt.

Have a meat thermometer ready for this next part.

Put on the oven mitt and take the fish out of the oven with it. Stick each of the fish with the thermometer and ensure that each filet is at least 145 degrees F.

Let the fish cool off for at least 2 minutes if they’re done.

Load up your plates and serve! This meal makes 2 servings, although I put away both by myself after I made it.

Here’s the quick note card version

Take 1/2 pound of Brussels sprouts and cut each one in half, then toss in a bowl with the tsp of salt and a dash of garlic powder.

Pre-heat your oven to 425 Degrees Fahrenheit

Measure out 1/4 milk, 2/3 cup water, 1 tbsp butter and 2/3 cup potato flakes, set aside.

Put your cod on a medium to large baking sheet with parchment paper, put in the oven for 18 minutes. Have a meat thermometer ready to make sure the fish is 145 Degrees F when the time’s up.

Set the a burner on your stove to medium heat and put the skillet on it with the 1.5 tbsp olive oil well-distributed throughout. Let it heat up for 5 minutes and then throw in the Brussels sprouts. Right after that, start a sauce pan on another burner at high heat – throw in the milk, water and butter. Stir the Brussels sprouts periodically with a wooden spoon for about 10 minutes, don’t let them get burnt.

Once the sauce pan and its ingredients are boiling, remove that from the heat and throw in the 2/3 cup of potato flakes. Mix it around a few times while still tending the Brussels sprouts.

The fish should be close to done by now. When it is, make sure it’s 145F, load your plates, and enjoy your cod with brussels sprouts!