This easy haddock and lemon pasta is an easy and quick dish, perfect for weeknights. It is very similar to my easy tuna pasta and just like that one it takes about 15 minutes to make. This dish is light and fresh and full of flavour. I am a huge fan of quick meals, they are perfect after a long day.
Haddock can be found in most stores, and all the other ingredients are things I always have in my fridge. This is what makes this a perfect midweek meal. For the pasta type I recommend sticking to long thin ones, such as spaghetti or linguine.
Lemon and fish are a natural pairing which can never go wrong. The sharpness of the lemon goes really well with the gentle flavour of the haddock.
This easy haddock and lemon pasta can be adjusted to your preference. I love spicy foods so always make sure to add extra chilli flakes to my sauce, however you can leave that out.
Adding some pasta water to the sauce as the starch gives it a creamy texture, so I always do it as I like the result. I do that with most of my oil based sauces.
Easy Haddock and Lemon Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 Boneless haddock fillet
- 1/2 Red Onion
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tbsp Chilli Flakes
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Lemon
- 1/2 cup Fresh Parsley
- 1/4 cup Fresh Coriander
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 200 g Linguine or Spaghetti
Instructions
- Start by finely chopping the onions and garlic
- Quarter the cherry tomatoes
- Dice the haddock fillet
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the pasta according to the package instructions
- Whilst the pasta cooks heat up the oil and gently fry the onion, garlic and chilli flakes
- Add the cherry tomatoes and the haddock, stir well and season with salt and pepper and the juice of half a lemon
- Add the chopped coriander and parsley and cook until the fish starts to flake easily
- Once the pasta is cooked, add one spoonful of pasta water to the sauce and drain the rest away
- Mix the pasta with the sauce and let it sit off the heat for about 2 minutes
- Garnish with the rest of the lemon, parsley and coriander before serving.
We enjoyed this. We also like spicy food, but 1T of the chili flakes was a bit too much. I would settle for .5 or.75 T. And we would add more tomatoes, too. I put more than a cup in, but we like lots of veggies in our house!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I do like it extra spicy hence the extra chilli flakes. I’m definitely going to try it with extra tomatoes though as it sounds great.
Super simple, tasty and authentic.