This stuffed cod recipe is a mouth-watering, gourmet recipe that you can make right at home in the comfort of your kitchen. Spice up date night or make this amazing Lobster Stuffed Baked Cod recipe for a special occasion!
Lobster Stuffed Baked Cod is made from tender buttery cod topped with chunks of lobster meat and beurre blanc sauce. The perfect recipe for a special night!
You don’t have to book a table and get all dressed up to have a restaurant-quality seafood dinner. Lobster Stuffed Baked Cod is the perfect meal for a special occasion.
Think about Valentine’s Day dinner, birthdays, anniversaries or an unexpected “you’re special” evening.
Make sure you PIN Lobster Stuffed Baked Cod!
Buttery cod is topped with plump lobster meat and beurre blanc, a sauce also known as “white butter”. This is considered a classic French sauce and is made by reducing vinegar and/or white wine with shallots and whisking in butter. It is decadent and rich.
As far as fish goes, cod is relatively inexpensive and more importantly, easy to find. Simply a fish for fish and chips or a fish fry it is not.
A thick, baked cod filet is flaky and fork-tender and not too strong in terms of flavor. (This is important if you are stuffing it with delicious lobster meat.)
You can grill, broil or easily bake cod with a little bit of lemon, salt, and pepper and be in for a wonderful meal. But you know what really takes the cake? Lobster Stuffed Baked Cod.
Lobster does have a tendency to increase the grocery bill just a little, but you only need one lobster tail for 4 fillets of cod.
And if lobster doesn’t float your boat, you can use langoustines, jumbo shrimp, or even lump crab meat with this same recipe. All are similarly sweet like the lobster and have a tender texture.
And if cod isn’t your thing (and I can understand if that’s the case), talk to your fishmonger. They might have a local fish that is similar to cod in flavor and texture that would work well. If not, halibut, tilapia, or sole work equally well.
The lobster meat is seasoned simply with salt and pepper and a touch of smoky paprika and mixed with the sour cream and bread crumbs to give it some structure.
Fun facts about lobster:
- During Colonial times, lobster was considered to be the “poor man’s food”, a bottom feeding crustacean, it was fed to livestock.
- Only Maine lobsters have claws, Caribbean lobsters called spiny lobsters, have no claws.
- Lobsters can live as long as 100 years. They rarely get “sick” and die, they need to be preyed on.
- Lobsters continue to grow through their life, so a lobster can grow up to 40 pounds! That puts your pricy 7 pound lobster to shame. Ha!
- Lobsters are a great form of protein, omega 3 fatty acids and are low in fat and calories (until you add the butter….)
- Lobster molt their shells through the lifecycle, also known as soft-shelled lobster, kind of like soft-shelled crab. They are plentiful from July-October.
- Live lobsters aren’t red, they are blue, yellow or brownish.
I originally saw a recipe similar to this one on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on a flight from Chicago to Baltimore. I can’t even remember where they were located or the name of the restaurant, but I am going to take a guess it was up in New England towards Boston or Maine.
We served our Lobster Stuffed Baked Cod with Cheesy Twice Baked Potatoes and Burnt Carrots (don’t judge, they are excellent).
If you loved this baked cod recipe, check out these easy seafood recipes:
- Italian Seafood Stew
- Stuffed Lobster Tails
- Spicy Cedar Plank Salmon
- Garlic Butter Shrimp
- Parmesan Crusted Tilapia
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Lobster Stuffed Cod
Ingredients
- 2 8-ounce cod filets
- Fine sea salt and pepper
- 1 small lobster tail cooked and cut into small pieces
- 1 tablespoons cracker crumbs
- 1 tablespoon clarified butter
- Dash ground pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 1/2 cup beurre blanc sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine chopped cooked lobster through sour cream.
- Lay both cod filets on a baking sheet or in a baking pan. Season cod filets with fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Bake for 5 minutes.
- Gently form lobster mix on top of cod filets. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until top is browned.
- Remove and top with beurre blanc sauce.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
It’s not ‘stuffed’ , just on top of
Many “stuffed” items are just “on top”- Cod is too thin to actually butterfly and stuffed or create a pocket.
Let me start with I am the queen of substitution. I made this recipe, but only had about half of the real ingredients. I used haddock instead of cod and ranch dressing instead of sour cream. For the Beurre Blanc Sauce, I used a can of whipped cream instead of heavy cream and onion powder instead of shallots. My butter was not unsalted and my cracker crumbs were gluten free. In spite of all that, the whole family said it was delicious, even my grandson who doesn’t like fish!
I’m so glad you loved it! I’m curious about the ranch dressing substitution!
Very tasty. I used Townhouse crackers mixed with the lobster meat and poured the sauce on the lobster meat and then added it on top of the baked fish. This would be the best for a baked-stuffed lobster recipe.
That sounds fabulous! Glad you enjoyed!