Baked Haddock with roasted tomatoes, fennel and shallots- a simple, easy, healthy one-pot meal that can be made in 35 minutes! Gluten-free, Paleo, keto!
Here’s an easy delicious recipe for Baked Haddock with Roasted Tomatoes and Fennel. It’s a healthy “one-pot” meal that can be made with any white fish really ( cod, halibut, seabass, sablefish) and the roasted fennel with summer tomatoes, garlic, lemon and thyme is one of my favorite combinations.
Haddock, if unfamiliar is a popular whitefish on the East Coast, known for its flaky clean texture, and low oil content, very similar to Atlantic cod. A family owned seafood company, Mazzetta Company sent me some of their Haddock to try, and it was fun experimenting with it, never having it before. Typically on the East Coast, it’s served “New England Style” with a breading of sorts, but I thought I put more of a Northwest spin on it this time.
The tomatoes and fennel become meltingly delicious in the oven, then the fish is nestled in them, and baked.
In this recipe, I cut the haddock into smaller pieces, and marinated it in a mixture of olive oil, garlic, lemon and thyme.
While the fish is marinated, begin layering the onion, thinly sliced fennel and tomatoes.
Drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in the oven until the fennel is tender, about 30 minutes.
Put it out of the oven and nestle the fish in the roasted tomatoes fennel mix, and place back into the oven for 7-9 minutes, or until the fish is cooked to your liking.
When it comes out of the oven, squeeze with lemon and serve.
Baked Haddock with tomato and fennel
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Yield: 4
- Category: Main, fish, seafood,
- Method: baked
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
Baked Haddock with roasted tomatoes, fennel and shallots- a simple, easy, healthy one pot meal that can be made in 35 minutes! Gluten-free, Paleo, keto.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Haddock (or other white fish like cod, halibut, sable or bass)
- 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic-minced
- lemon zest from one lemon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon cracked pepper
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- ½ of a sweet onion- thinly sliced
- pinch salt and pepper
- juice of one lemon
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 fennel bulb- very thinly sliced
- 1 ½ lbs cherry, grape or baby heirloom tomatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Cut fish into 6-8 pieces. In a medium bowl, mix oil, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme and lemon zest. Toss with fish, set aside.
- In a lightly oiled baking dish, place onion slices on the bottom. Scatter sliced fennel over top. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil, lemon juice from ½ a lemon, and sprinkle with a generous 3 finger pinch of salt and pepper.Top with tomatoes.
- Place in the oven for 30-35 minutes, giving a good shake, halfway through. Place the white fish overtop, nestling among the tomatoes. Drizzle any left over marinade over the fish and tomatoes. Place back in the oven and cook 7-8 minutes or until fish cooks to desired done-ness.
- Remove from oven. Squeeze with remaining ½ lemon, scatter with thyme and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 365
Keywords: baked haddock, baked haddock recipes, haddock recipes, healthy haddock recipes
My cousin Lorri made this tonight she said it fabulous and f so he’s a great chef so I take her word! Can’t wait to make it!
Great to hear, and thanks!
Would mahi work in place of halibut?
I think that should be fine!
Just finished eating my try at this great recipe. My wife and I really enjoyed it. I did use a little more virgin olive oil than recommended, as that keeps it super moist. I also added some marinated sweet red peppers, as they complement the tomatoes. Served it with a side-dish of lemon and herb basmati rice.
Thanks for a great recipe and an enjoyable lunch.
Greetings from North Wales, UK.
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Thanks Phil, glad you liked!
This was my first time trying a recipe from your site and it was absolutley DIVINE! My local farmers market had Haddock on sale, so i did a quick search and came across your recipe. I decided to give it a try following the recipe minus the fennel (daughter has a food allergy). I served this with roasted asparagus and wild rice. This will go into our meal rotation and it’s definatley an excellent meal with a wonderful presentation for serving to company. Thank you!
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Glad you enjoyed this!
Easy . Plenty of time to clean up and put left over produce away. I did substitute talipia for the fish. Civered and cooked for only 6 minutes. Delicious.
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Loved it! Plus it looked beautiful
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Great recipe, used Halibut …. served over long grain wild rice it was delicious! Will def make again!
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I ran short of grape tomatoes, should I use the 10oz I have or add a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes??
Just use what you have. 🙂
This is a fantastic dish! Healthy, easy, and tasty! The bed of onions and fennel and tomatoes was especially lovely. Definitely making this again!
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Very flavorful (and healthy!) We made it on the stove, simmering in a large saucepan, and it came out great. Will definitely make again.
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This recipe was fabulous and I know I will make it again and again! It couldn’t have been easier, the ingredients were inexpensive, and it is a dish worthy of company, in my opinion.
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Great to hear!
Another fantastic recipe! I decided this week to expand my fish horizon and made this with Sea Bass. You never fail me!
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Yay Judy!!! Thanks so much, and glad it turned out for you! 🙌
This recipe was absolutely delicious – I used haddock – very easy to scale down for one person. Next time will be scaling up to impress friends. Served with creamy mash and tender stem broccoli. Thank you.
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Dumb question, should I defrost frozen fish before using in this recipe? 🙂
Yes! Defrost!
I do not cook to often but when I bought a fennel in the week for the first time and had a nice portion of Hake in the the fridge I found your recipe and prepared it as said less the garlic as allergic to it. It went well my wife was impressed , the fish was so moist and tender
A big thank you
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Thanks Barry, Glad you liked!
Can I use catfish for this recipe?..
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I haven’t tried it personally, but give it a try!
This is so excellent! A true keeper to be made again and again.
It is simple extremely tasteful and just makes fish taste good. It would be good for non fish lovers.
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Great to hear and thanks for the rating Joyce!
Undeniably my favorite fish recipe. Always turns out. I forgot the vidalea onion and used regular. It was still fantastic
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Definitely putting this into my regular rotation of recipes. Layers of flavors, yum!
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Thanks Jesse!
Saw this recipe and went to the grocery store right away. Cooked this tonight and it’s my new favorite dish that I cook! I used cod filets and added jalapeños to the veggie mixture because I enjoy some heat. Also added slices of butter when I added the fish in to make it more keto friendly. Absolutely the best baked fish I’ve had! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Im so glad you enjoyed it!
Simple and delicious!
This recipe is amazing! I have never posted a comment about anything before, but I HAVE to say how much we love this recipe! I knew I liked all the ingredients and thought it looked interesting and worth trying. Despite the fact that it smelled wonderful while cooking, I wasn’t prepared for just how different and delicious it tasted. Awesome! Prep took me a little while the first time through, but now I am more organized with it, and it goes smoothly. Just love it!!
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Shari thanks so much for you comment and Im so glad you enjoyed this!
Wow! Truly the best white fish recipe I have found yet – and I’ve been looking. Easy to assemble, full of flavor, low carb, low fat and low cost. Cooks quickly and minimal cleanup – one baking pan and one bowl. Excellent, thank you so much for sharing.
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Lovely dish, easy to make and was perfect for a dinner party. Really pleased how it turned out and will cook again. Thank you
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This was amazing! It was such a hit at my house, and the bonus part is it’s so simple to make. I did struggle cutting the fennel thinly in match stick style. I YouTubed it and couldn’t find a tutorial. How do you usually do it?
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This was amazing!!! Such a hit at my house, and also sooo simple to make. I did struggle cut the fennel thinly in the match stick style. I YouTubed it but had a hard time finding a tutorial. How do you usually do it?
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Sylvia, My husband and I really loved this! I liked how you feel ‘satisfied’ but not FULL [in the way that some dishes do.] Definitely a ‘do over’ meal!
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Thanks for the comment and rating! Im so glad you enjoyed this!
Have never cooked fish in this way before .Will be trying this next week.
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Easy and absolutely delicious! Was perfect for our dinner party, as I could roast the veggies well in advance, and then once guests arrived just plopped on the fish and put the whole thing back in the over until done. Next time I make this I will double the vegetables, as they do cook down quite a lot.
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Thanks for this, I had never cooked with Fennel before and this recipe was a revelation.
Beautiful flavours and so appetising, will definately do it again, best wishes from England.
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Thanks Dennis from England….glad you enjoyed!
Lovely dish with subtle flavours.
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This was the first time I cooked haddock and it was fantastic. The fresh lemon and sprinkle of salt over everything at the end was a great touch. Thanks for sharing this!
Im so glad you enjoyed it Matt! The great thing is the dish works with most any white fish- so if you are in an area of the country where haddock isn’t available, cod, halibut or seabass work really well too!
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I love this recipe! It’s become an easy staple in quick weeknight meals for us.
I do make some modicifications to my personal taste, and I’ll share for those that might wanna branch out: I add 3-5 cloves of roughly chopped garlic to the fennel and onion mix (love roasted garlic bits!), and let it all bake MUCH longer – this way, it gets really caramlized and contrasts the acidity of the lemon and tomatoes. The tomatoes also end up with nice bits of char to them. Sometimes I add some toasted pine nuts at the end, or my favorite, olives with the other veggies. Served with some very crispy roasted potatoes, and done!
I love how you made this your own. Great modifications. Do you add the fish later then?
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This meal deserves it’s own mic drop!
I’m adding it to our usual meal rotation which is funny because I dislike fish. This is seriously delicious, and best of all, easy.
Added French bread and it made a perfect light meal.
Loved, loved, loved it!
Thanks Anita, Glad you enjoyed!!
Thank you for including a “jump to recipe” link on your web-pages! I asked for this in my feedback to your survey earlier this year. It makes it so much easier to navigate your site.
You are so welcome Rima- It took a while before I figured out how to do it, but it was a great idea!! If you have any others, please free to email me- you can always just hit “reply” to the weekly emails!
This is a lovely summer recipe. Tastes of the Mediterranean for us British..
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I held off on making this because my enameled cast iron braiser is getting ready to be sent in for warranty service. I was surprised your pictures, which look terrific, do not match the equipment specifications called for in the recipe (baking dish). I’m usually a stickler for recipe directions when making a recipe the first time, but used a sheet pan to roast the vegetables; I was worried too much overlap would cause them to steam rather than roast. I used previously frozen Atlantic cod and it turned out really delicious. I also realized, by using a sheet pan, you could double the fish (and marinade) for larger parties and get a lot more mileage out of the veggies.
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This recipe was recommended by a colleague at work. I don’t usually like to cook as I live alone and find it to be a chore, BUT this recipe will have me cooking in NO TIME. It’s just that good. I can’t get over how well all the flavours blend together and noticed that they tend to get better even better with time (good the first day, delish the second!) I’ve subsequently shared this recipe with other colleagues, one of which doesn’t like thyme and doesn’t like fennel and ended up loving it. Thanks!
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Hi Julien, This makes me so happy!! I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to hear someone “who doesn’t like to cook” say they actually enjoyed cooking for a change….to me, this is the “why” behind the blog, I really want people to enjoy the process of cooking as much as I do…because it can be the best part of my day! Relaxing, fun, creative…I could go on and on….anyways, thank you so much for this, you made my morning!!
Delicious and so easy to make! This now on my favorites list. Can’t wait to make this again and share it with the whole family.
Im so glad you liked it!!
Thanks for this recipe. I made it the other day and it was so flavourful that am making it again at least two more times this week :). I had some day-old rice that I tossed in duringthe last 15 minutes and added some cubes of fresh mango I had in the fridge. Just really delicious. Thanks again.
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So glad you enjoyed it Tamara…thanks for sharing and be sure to rate the recipe! I love that you added rice and mango!
Looks delicious! Fennel has been my secret ingredient lately.
I love using cast iron for a meal like this, and wouldn’t go the bakingdish route in the recipe.
Also with all the lovely flavors that should be developed in the bottom of this pan WHY would I need something as strong as thyme on that lovely mild whitefish?
I’ll report, when I have thyme, not.
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This is so gorgeous, it stopped me in my tracks this morning. Who knew that one could crave haddock at 6:30am? Pinning!
Thanks Katie, you are so sweet! Hope all is well with you!
That looks so good! Did you use a cast-iron baking dish?
Yes, thanks, just my cast iron skillet.
I love this recipe. Thanks for sharing. Want to cook right now
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thanks, have a great week!
Truly gorgeous, this looks like a great idea for intimate dinner parties. Love these colors and flavors!
Thanks Mary Frances, yes a good one for entertaining!