Description

If you want to impress guests or family on a budget, serve them Poor Man's Lobster. It's frozen cod fillets first boiled in a sugar, salt and water mixture to sweeten the fish like lobster. with no fishy taste. Then it's broiled with butter, lemon juice a

Ingredients

• 6 c. water
• 1 c. white sugar
• 2 T. salt
• 6 - 6 oz. frozen cod fillets
• melted butter (for brushing and dipping fillets
• paprika and lemon-pepper seasoning, to taste
• 1/2 lemon

Steps

1. Preheat broiler. For easier clean up, wrap the broiler pan with aluminum foil that is carefully fit to the grooves of the pan so that the fish doesn't sit in liquid; spray with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Mix together the water, sugar, and salt.
3. Place the cod in a large saucepan; pour the water mixture over the fish. It should completely cover the fillets. Add more water if it doesn’t. Bring the water to a boil over a medium-high heat. Boil 3 - 5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillets.