Scrod with lemon-garlic bread crumbs

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 slices White bread
2 tablespoons Margarine or butter (1/4 st)
1 Garlic clove
4 smalls Scrod or cod fillets (about 6 oz each)
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
¾ teaspoon Salt
Parsley sprigs and lemon wedges for garnish

Directions

About 30 minutes before serving.

Preheat oven to 450degF. In blender high speed, blend bread until fine crumbs form.

In 10-inch skillet over medium heat, heat margarine or butter until hot. With garlic press, press garlic into skillet and cook until lightly browned. Stir in bread crumbs and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until bread crumbs are lightly toasted. Remove skillet from heat.

In 13" x 9" glass baking dish, arrange scrod fillets; sprinkle with lemon juice and salt. Press bread-crumb mixture on top. Bake scrod, uncovered, 10to 15 minutes, until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.

To serve, arrange fish on platter; garnish with parsley sprigs and lemon wedges. Makes 4 main-dish servings.

per serving: 215 cal, 7 g fat, 65 mg chol, 640 mg sodium.

Good housekeeping, April 1993 typed by Charlotte Welch Submitted By CHARLOTTE WELCH On 11-27-94

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