Broiled Teriyaki Cod + Cilantro Rice + Baby Broccoli

In my circle of friends, I am what is referred to as the DOFF…the Designated Obsessed Foodie Friend. I know food, and I know it well. If my friend Melissa needs a new weeknight supper to add into the rotation, she comes to me. If my friend Cammie needs some fun new smoothie recipes to help ease her into a healthy-eating routine, she asks me. If my friend Erin needs some ideas for a dish to bring to her monthly supper club, who’s she gonna call? Not Ghostbusters, my friend.

With hours and hours of DOFF-duty recipe brainstorming sessions under my belt, it occurred to me that there are tons and tons of frustrated peeps out there who just want to feed their families or nourish themselves or impress their fellow supper-clubbers with good, healthful, simple food that’s already been vetted, so they know it’ll turn out super tasty.

So now here I am, a curator of sorts, doing the dirty work, testing the recipes, weeding out the ones that are lackluster or crazy-complicated or full of fake shit (I’m lookin’ at you, Kraft Mac + Cheese), and paring it down to only the most delicious, most manageable meals made with real, whole foods so you can just blindly do exactly what I say and get on with your life (you’re welcome). I call them #realmeals: real tasty, real ingredients, real healthy, real doable. ‘Cause I like to keep it real.

This is one of my absolute favorite #realmeals: broiled teriyaki cod, cilantro rice and baby broccoli. It’s quick and easy, and lemme tell ya, a good cod fillet is like buttah. It’s rich and creamy and tender and flaky, and it straight-up melts. in. yo. mouth. Craaaaaaazy good. And when you let it soak in a savory little ‘yaki bath all day, you’ll have all KINDS of umami goin’ on’! Tastebuds: singin’ hallelujah. And the clean, fresh, herbal cilantro-rice pairing?? Can I get an amen?! Slap some bright green buttered broccolini on that plate and you’ve pretty much earned your halo.

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Broiled Teriyaki Cod + Cilantro Rice + Baby Broccoli

This is a quick and completely, ridiculously scrumptious dinner for those busy-ass weeknights when you've had it up to here with work and whining children and household chores, and just want something tasty to chow on. Prep time listed is active prep, so allow extra time for the fish to marinate, at least 20 minutes and even up to 24 hours before cooking. Pre-cooked rice (I cook a large batch over the weekend and keep it in the fridge, or use the organic frozen pre-cooked rice from Whole Foods) makes this meal super speedy.

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Courses

Quick Weeknight Dinner

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Servings

-5 servings MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• Cod:
• 3 large cod fillets
• teriyaki marinade:
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
• 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
• Rice:
• 3 cups cooked jasmine rice
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• sea salt + pepper to taste
• 1/2 avocado thinly sliced for garnish
• Baby Broccoli:
• 2 big bunches broccolini
• 2 tsp reduced-sodium tamari or soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Butter
• sea salt + pepper to taste

Courses Quick Weeknight Dinner Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Servings -5 servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Cod: 3 large cod fillets teriyaki marinade: 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup toasted sesame oil 1/4 cup chopped cilantro 4 cloves garlic minced 1 tsp minced fresh ginger 2 tsp rice wine vinegar Rice: 3 cups cooked jasmine rice 1/4 cup chopped cilantro sea salt + pepper to taste 1/2 avocado thinly sliced for garnish Baby Broccoli: 2 big bunches broccolini 2 tsp reduced-sodium tamari or soy sauce 1 tbsp Butter sea salt + pepper to taste

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Instructions

1. Combine marinade ingredients in a large lidded container, coat the fish in it, put the lid on, stick it in the fridge and let it do its thang for at least 20 minutes, or up to 24 hours.
2. When it's go-time, set the oven to broil, drizzle a little olive oil in a large baking dish (or onto a sheet pan), set the cod fillets into the baking dish and put them in the oven to cook for 10 minutes or so, until the tops are golden and the fish is cooked through.
3. As soon as you put the fish in the oven, reheat your rice (in a frying pan or in the microwave).
4. While the rice reheats, rinse and chop your broccolini, steam it in a prepared steamer pot or in the microwave in a large microwaveable bowl covered with a large plate, about 4 minutes.
5. The fish and rice should both be done, so remove the fish from the oven, and mix the 1/4 cup chopped cilantro into the rice, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
6. Mix the butter and tamari into the broccolini and season to taste with salt and pepper.
7. Plate it: a little fish (cutting each fillet into smaller portions if needed), a little rice and a little broccolini on each plate. Garnish the rice portions with a couple/few slices of avocado.
8. Nicely done. Now go eat, you #realmeal badass, you!