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by Diane
Buy our air fryer e-cookbooks today This easy foil pack white fish recipe with garlic butter is a reader favorite. It’s quick, easy and a healthy option for dinner or lunch. There’s always a time when we’re craving a quick seafood meal, this fish foil packet recipe is it.
Foil Pack White Fish Recipe
Garlic butter is always a favorite. This is a delicious and simple marinade for tilapia or any type of white fish. The flavors are fantastic, satisfying and wonderful for a quick weeknight meal. Foil packs are the way to go because it’s not complicated to throw it all in wrapped foil. Baked for a few minutes in the oven, this foil pack fish recipe is super satisfying. What you get is a great and moist fish for dinner. It’s light and if you want to make it any for filling, just add some pasta, brown rice, wild rice, couscous or quinoa. It’s a complete meal in minutes and can feed hungry bellies without making a big mess in the kitchen. Fish foil packet meals are the best!
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Can You Use Parchment Instead of Foil?
Yes, you can! Parchment will steam the food and give a more soft steamed texture to the white fish. Where as a foil pack will give a more roasted texture and flavor to the fish and vegetables. But make sure to not use wax paper! It will burn and melt and wax paper is definitely not for use in the oven.
Different Types of White Fish
When making this foil pack white fish, just make sure to adjust cooking times because white fish has so many different thicknesses!
- Cod
- Halibut
- Tilapia
- haddock
- Sole
- catfish
- haddock
- flounder
- what’s your favorite?
15 minute Foil Baked Garlic Butter White Fish
Yield: 2 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 20 minutes mins
Total Time: 30 minutes mins
Cooking times will vary depending on the thickness and size of your fish. So keep checking the fish while baking to make sure it’s to your desired texture, rather than follow an exact cooking time. This recipe is based on the cooking times for tilapia.
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Ingredients
- 2 (6 ounce) (2 (170g)) tilapia fillets , or any white fish (12 oz. or 340g total)
- 6-8 asparagus sprigs , cut into thirds
- 1 medium zucchini , (or other summer squash) sliced
- Kosher salt , to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper , to taste
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) butter , melted
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried or fresh thyme or oregano or mix of both
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) dried dill or 1 teaspoon (5ml fresh chopped dill), optional
- 1 medium lemon , cut into wedges
- Fresh minced parsley , for topping
Equipment
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450°F. Tear two pieces of heavy duty aluminum foil large enough to wrap each fish and veggies pack.
Place each fish filet in the center of the foils and then divide the veggies (asparagus & squash) between each foil pack. Season with salt and pepper.
In bowl, whisk together the melted butter, garlic, lemon juice, dried thyme/oregano, and optional dill.
Divide the garlic butter over the two fish packets. Fold the foil over to almost completely cover the fish and veggies. Leave a small opening on top to release steam.
Place on a baking sheet pan and bake fish until cooked through, depending on the type and the thickness of your fish, 15-20 minutes. When a fork easily cuts through the fish flakes, it’s cooked! Serve warm with parsley sprinkled on top and with lemon wedges.
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Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 296kcal, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 36g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 115mg, Sodium: 198mg, Potassium: 866mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 910IU, Vitamin C: 24.1mg, Calcium: 50mg, Iron: 2.5mg
Best Vegetables to Cook in Foil Pack
There’s different vegetables that can cook great and quick, while others might take too long. Here’s some suggestions for vegetables that can cook around the same time as the fish in the foil.
- asparagus
- zucchini
- summer squash
- tomatoes
- small chopped cabbage
- bok choy
- snow peas or sugar snap peas
- Spinach
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- This recipe was originally published in 2018 and re-published in 2020 with updated photos. Enjoy more tilapia fish recipes here.
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Connie Hoffacker — Reply
Delicous easy meal to prepare. I added 1/4 cup white wine and seasoned with lemon pepper-
Best Recipe Box — Reply
Hi Connie! the white wine addition sounds fantastic!
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Anna — Reply
This is one of my most favorite fish recipes. It’s really easy. Thanks for the recipe. -
Susan — Reply
So easy to make and delicious!-
Best Recipe Box — Reply
Thanks Susan! Thanks for sharing and so glad you enjoyed it.
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Lisa — Reply
This was so good. Just the perfect fish recipe for my keto diet. -
Joann taylor — Reply
Trying this tonight
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Kimberly — Reply
I made this tonight and it was delish. I added extra spices because of the comments. Delish!
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Myra Santoyo — Reply
Delicious!! I didn’t have zucchini, so I only put asparagus. I put lemon juice but didn’t actually have lemon.
Anyway, it was delicious! Will definitely try it again.-
Diane — Reply
Asparagus with the fish sounds fantastic. Thanks for sharing Myra!
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Rea — Reply
I have remade this recipe a bunch of times for a few years. It never gets old! Thank you.-
Diane — Reply
Thanks Rea!
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Chris — Reply
Trying it out now. Never thought of portioning before baking. I bet it comes out great
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Jody — Reply
Hi. Do you think I could assemble these ahead of time? Would like to get my prep done before a weekend on the boat – would be great to pull remade packets out of the fridge and throw them on the BBQ! 😉
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Diane — Reply
Hi Jody, sure you can prep these in the foil first but without the oil and seasonings. Then before bbq-ing, just drizzle with the oil and then add the seasonings. Enjoy!
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