{"id":56321,"date":"2026-06-08T17:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=56321"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:21:10","slug":"fish-and-almost-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2026\/06\/08\/fish-and-almost-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish and Almost Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 4<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Adapted from: WaPo<\/h6>\n<p>A gentle riff on British deep-fried fish and chips, the fish and potatoes are broiled instead of fried. But before you put them in the oven, you\u2019ll marinate them in a pungent mixture of shallots (thinly sliced), garlic (minced or finely grated), chives (minced), oil, vinegar, lemon, salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">nonstick cooking spray<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">lb large red-skinned potatoes, sliced \u00bc-inch thick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">water, as needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">4<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">medium shallots, thinly sliced<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">3<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cloves garlic, minced or finely grated, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">3<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS minced fresh chives, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bc<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup plus 2 TBS extra-virgin olive oil, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">fine salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">freshly ground black pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">4<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">6-oz cod fillets, \u00be-inch thick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">finely grated zest and juice of \u00bd lemon (3 TBS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS white wine vinegar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">tsp fresh thyme leaves<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, for serving<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPrep:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Position an oven rack 6 inches from the broiler element, preheat to 425\u00b0F. Line a half sheet pan with a double layer of foil, then grease it with <strong>cooking spray.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the <strong>potatoes<\/strong> with a few TBS of <strong>water.<\/strong> Cover and microwave on HIGH for 8 minutes, or until almost tender, repositioning them halfway through for even cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Carefully drain the <strong>water<\/strong> from the bowl, then transfer the <strong>potatoes<\/strong> to the prepared sheet pan. Add the <strong>shallots,<\/strong> \u00bc cup of the <strong>oil,<\/strong> half of the <strong>chives<\/strong> and about one clove of the <strong>garlic,<\/strong> tossing to evenly combine. Season lightly with <strong>salt<\/strong> and <strong>pepper.<\/strong> Roast for 15 minutes, or until the <strong>potatoes<\/strong> have fully softened and started to brown. Remove from the oven and set aside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broil:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat the broiler to HIGH.<\/p>\n<p>While the <strong>potatoes<\/strong> are in the oven, wipe out the bowl used for the <strong>potatoes.<\/strong> To the bowl, add the <strong>cod,<\/strong> 2 TBS of <strong>olive oil,<\/strong> 2 TBS of <strong>vinegar,<\/strong> 2 cloves of <strong>garlic, zest<\/strong> and <strong>juice<\/strong> of half a <strong>lemon,<\/strong> and gently toss to evenly coat. Let the <strong>fish<\/strong> marinate until the oven has preheated to broil.<\/p>\n<p>When the broiler is ready, place the <strong>fish<\/strong> on top of the <strong>potatoes<\/strong> and pour about half of the <strong>marinade<\/strong> over the <strong>fillets.<\/strong> Return the pan to the oven and broil for about 5 minutes, or to your desired degree of doneness. Some of the potatoes will brown and crisp at the edges, rotate the pan from front to back if they begin to burn.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the sheet pan from the oven and top the <strong>fish<\/strong> and <strong>potatoes<\/strong> with the <strong>thyme, parsley<\/strong> and the remaining <strong>chives.<\/strong> Serve right away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: 4 Adapted from: WaPo A gentle riff on British deep-fried fish and chips, the fish and potatoes are broiled instead of fried. But before you put them in the oven, you\u2019ll marinate them in a pungent mixture of shallots (thinly sliced), garlic (minced or finely grated), chives (minced), oil, vinegar, lemon, salt and pepper. nonstick cooking spray 1\u00bdlb large red-skinned potatoes, sliced \u00bc-inch thick water, as needed 4medium shallots, thinly sliced 3cloves garlic, minced or finely grated, divided 3TBS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2026\/06\/08\/fish-and-almost-chips\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,18],"tags":[86,190],"class_list":["post-56321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-complete-meal","category-seafood","tag-cod","tag-potatoes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/FishandAlmostChips2-1.jpg?fit=816%2C612&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56392,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56321\/revisions\/56392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}