Set the timer for 5 minutes, then turn the fillet over and set the timer for another 5 minutes. Bottom rack, on a baking tray, top and bottom elements turned on, temperature set to 185☌.Served with instant mash and peas cooked in a mug! I started by cooking the fillet for 1 minute in the microwave (as per the photo on this page), then finished in the toaster oven. Here’s a photo of how I cooked mine today. So, you can cook a cod fillet and it’s safe/edible … but it won’t be crispy! But, it’ll be fast! If you’re going to chop it up and serve it inside a sandwich or a pitta bread with a splash of sauce, then it won’t matter so much … after all, you’re only checking if you can do this because you’re either in a rush or your oven’s broken! Part Microwave, Part Toaster Oven I might also decide that cutting the fillet in half before putting it in the microwave would give better results as it’d be able to heat the very centre more easily. Turn the fillet over and microwave on low power for another 2 minutes. Pick a flat microwave dish and place the (fresh or defrosted) fish fillet in. But, I have microwaved these in the past, before I bought the toaster oven! And here’s how I’d do it: However, I did toy with the idea of just microwaving it, but then I wanted the crispy coating.

My microwave oven is 800 watts and I microwaved the fish fillet for 1 minute before transferring it to the toaster oven. I used the microwave to get the cod fillet started, then put it in my toaster oven for just 10 minutes (turning half way). Today that was a lot longer than I was prepared to wait to be fed! So, today I did “half and half”. Yesterday I’d cooked it “as per instructions” on the packet, which required the cod fillet to be baked in the oven for 20-22 minutes at 200☌. I’d bought this, fresh, at Lidl the other week and frozen it (pack of two in the Lidl Weekend Offers). Lidl Lighthouse Bay Cod Fillet in BreadcrumbsĮarlier today I had a cod fillet in breadcrumbs that needed using up. It’s just like a huge fish finger really! Overall, if I really had to microwave a fish fillet or go without then I’d be prepared to do it. The breadcrumb coating, however, won’t have fared so well and might be uncrispy, it’ll certainly be the same colour it went into the microwave – although there are ways to “fix” this. It’ll have steam-cooked inside the breadcrumb casing. So, bearing in mind you’ve a fish fillet to cook and you’re hungry, you choose how much you care 🙂 What’s the Texture Like?įish is fish is fish …. If you’re going to microwave a fish fillet instead of frying it or oven-baking it, then the outside won’t crisp up and it won’t go brown. How much you care about this depends on your circumstances.

There are few foods that are actually unsafe, it’s just that people get over-worried about things! So, we can tick that box – the fish and the breadcrumbs will be perfectly safe to eat, of course that’s if you’ve cooked it long enough 🙂 Does it Look Nice? So, on the safe/dangerous front, fish will be fine. So let’s look at each of those! Is it Safe to Eat?įish is really simple and quick to microwave, most people will steam fish in just 3-4 minutes in water or milk.

Essentially, when microwave cooking, it breaks down into just a few essentials factors: If your oven’s broken, or you’re in a rush, you might just wonder if you can microwave fish fillets in breadcrumbs.

Microwave fish fillets